How to Make a Multimodal Transcript

Kate Cowan & Rosie Flewittk.cowan@ioe.ac.ukr.flewitt@ioe.ac.uk

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Bezemer, J. (forthcoming) How to transcribe multimodal interaction? In C.D. Maier & S. Norris (eds.) Texts, Images and Interaction: A Reader in Multimodality. Mouton de Gruyter.

How to transcribe multimodal interaction?

Choose a methodological frameworkReview multimodal frameworksConsider the rhetorical status of the transcript

Define purpose and focus of transcriptSelect episode and features to transcribeDefine questions to address

Design the transcriptCreate a templateDefine transcription conventionsFill in the template

Read the transcriptAnnotate the transcriptRecount the transcript

Draw conclusionsAddress questionsMake connections with other theoretical constructs

Ellie: I need my wine bottle for my… I… it is so lovely. So lovely. It’s so lovely. I need it for my… but… I need that for my sister ( ) birthday. Don’t throw that away.

Ellie: I need my [wine bottle for my-Toby:]hhhEllie: (0.5) I- it is so lovely. (1.4)

so lovely?Toby:huhuhuh •hhhEllie: (5.0) >its so lovely<Toby:eeyheehuhuhEllie: I-I need it for my- but-Toby:huhuh[uhuhuh •hhh huhuhuhuhuhEllie: ] I need that for my sister ( )

BIRTHDAYToby:•hhh hhEllie: (4.0) don throw tha away

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