Gesprächsanalytisches Transkriptionssystem (GAT): 2102

A system for the transcription of natural discourse data is presented in order to help reduce the hitherto often unmotivated variation in transcripts of spoken verbal interaction. The system defines minimal standards for transcription. It comprises proposals for the general structure and layout of transcripts and for the notation of segmental, prosodic and non-verbal phenomena, in both basic and refined transcript formats. The system is exemplified by a sample transcript of a piece of natural spoken discourse