Intonation units in spoken interaction: Developing transcription skills

Text and Talk

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 361-393

  Stelma, Juurd H ^a   Cameron, Lynne J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Open University

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intertranscriber checks; Intonation units; Spoken interaction; Spontaneous talk; Transcription; Transcription skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249939069     PISSN: 18607330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/TEXT.2007.015     Document Type: Review

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