Jefferson Transcription 101: How conversation analysts transcribe

What do all those symbols mean in conversation analytic transcripts? This video gives a quick run-down of the use of common Jefferson transcription symbols, with examples!
This is a very fast introduction for the time-pressed, but there are more thorough tutorials both online and in print.

Online:
Charles Antaki’s tutorial: http://ca-tutorials.lboro.ac.uk/sitem...
Emanuel Schegloff’s tutorial: http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/soc/facult...
Paul ten Have’s summary of links and resources: http://www.paultenhave.nl/Transcripti...

In print:
Hepburn, A. & Bolden, G. (2017). Transcribing for social research. London: Sage.
Hepburn, A. & Bolden, G. (2013). The conversation analytic approach to transcription. In J. Sidnell & T. Stivers (eds.), The Handbook of Conversation Analysis (pp. 57-76). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Bolden, G. (2015). Transcribing as research: ‘Manual’ transcription and conversation analysis. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 48(3), 276-280.

And the always-classic paper by the original inventor:
Jefferson, G. (2004). Glossary of transcript symbols with an Introduction. In G.H. Lerner (ed.), Conversation analysis: Studies from the first generation (pp.13-23). Philadelphia: John Benjamins. (Find this paper here: http://www.liso.ucsb.edu/liso_archive...)

Music:
Ligthning Bugs [sic] by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Sophomore Make-out by Silent Partner.


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