(words in parentheses) indicate transcriber’s best guess
( ): empty parentheses indicate inaudible or untranscribable talk
[comments in square brackets]: relevant contextual information
[comments with question mark?]: transcriber’s contextual inference or guess
WORDS IN CAPS: speaker emphasis
Speakers’ false starts/re-starts are indicated by a long dash, e.g.
Nurse 2 Do you want me to – do you want me to run off the nursing list now?
Speaker hesitations are shown by an ellipsis, i.e. three dots …
Simultaneous/concurrent utterances: == before utterances indicates that the speakers spoke at the same time, e.g.
1 | Registrar 1 | ==No, it’s alright. |
2 | Junior doctor 2 | ==I’ve got the list? |
3 | Registrar 1 | Sorry? |
4 | Junior doctor 2 | I’ve got the nursing list here. |
This shows that Registrar 1 and Junior Doctor 2 both started their turns at the same time.
Overlapping utterances: == shows the point at which a second speaker starts talking during another speaker’s turn, e.g.
4 | Nurse 1 | I’ve got the nursing list here. Do you want me to – do you want me to run off the nursing list to see==if there’s anything more you want to say? |
5 | Nurse 2 | ==Sure, thanks. |
This shows that Nurse 2 started her turn when Nurse 1 was saying ‘if there’s’.