Transcription Symbols

Note: HTML code makes it difficult to represent overlaps and impossible to provide line numbers.

C:						Counselor's turn to talk

P:						Client's turn to talk

HHH 					laughing or chuckling, each H represents one 
						contraction of the diaphragm. 

(      )				unintelligible or untranscribable utterance

.hhhhh					audible inhale, number of h's indicates length

hhhh					audible exhale, number of h's indicates length

(.)						indicates a short silence or pause 

(4)						pause or silence measured in seconds.  

CAPITAL				words in caps indicate a louder voice relative 	to the adjacent talk

*oral sex*				words between asterix indicate softer voice 
						or said in manner indicated by notes in double parentheses such as "((said in a softer, 	suspicious tone))"

C:	[it's been 
P:	[Okay				This is used to indicate the point at 
						which speech overlaps. This is very difficult to 
						implement in HTML code. 

C:	a while=			No pause between speakers' lines
P:	=Yeah

Oka::y					the ":" indicates a lengthening of the preceding vowel sound

Yesterday				indicates stress on the italicized syllable

e x a c t l y			word said in a slower, emphatic fashion

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