Talking Data: Transcription and Coding in Discourse Research

Synopsis

This book presents the reader with a set of diverse, carefully developed and clearly specified systems of transcription and coding, arising from contrasting theoretical perspectives, and presented as alternative choices, situated within the theoretical domain most natural to each. The perspectives represented include first and second language acquisition, interethnic and crosscultural interaction, information structure, and the study of discourse influences on linguistic expression. In the contributed chapters, the designers of these systems provide a distillation of collective experiences from the past quarter century, telling in their own words their perspectives on language processes, how these perspectives have shaped their choice of methodology in transcription and coding of natural language, and describing their systems in detail. Overview chapters by the editors then provide design principles and guidelines concerning issues pertinent to all systems, including such things as reliability, validity, ease of learning, computational tractability, and robustness against error. The final chapter is a compendium of existing computerized archives of language data and information sources together with details concerning data access and use.

Copyright:

1993

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781317784999

Related ISBNs:

9781315807928, 9780805803488, 9780805803488, 9780805803495, 9780805803495

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/17/20

Copyrighted By:

Psychology Press

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Psychology, Language Arts, Communication

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Jane A. Edwards

Edited by:

Martin D. Lampert