Resources
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Conversation analysis resources.
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EMCA Bibliography
The EMCA Wiki (Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis) shares research forums, conferences and publications from around the world. The Bibliography is searchable and the most comprehensive resource of all things CA.
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CA Glossary
This is a beginner’s guide to the key concepts used in conversation analysis research. Each concept is described in lay terms, and is accompanied by three definitions from EMCA scholars. The glossary is a work in progress!
Transcription resources
Guides are provided here for transcription conventions used in CA, a workshop designed by Prof. Schegloff and a few key publications on the theoretical implications of how we capture talk-in-interaction on paper.
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Transcription conventions used in conversation analysis first published in Sacks, Schegloff, and Jefferson (1974), and developed by Gail Jefferson (2004).
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Professor Manny Schegloff created a transcription tutorial for his students at UCLA, generously made public. The workshop shows each of the conventions with accompanying audio.
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Professor Lorenza Mondada expanded basic CA conventions to record multimodal aspects of interaction in transcripts.
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Dr Emily Hofstetter outlines the fundamental principles of CA transcription in this excellent seven-minute video.
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Recommended reading: Ochs, E. (1979). Transcription as theory. In E. Ochs and B. Schieffelin (eds.), Developmental Pragmatics. New York, NY: Academic Press.
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The wonderful EMCA Wiki - home of all things CA - has a comprehensive guide to transcription resources, including a summary of software and further reading.
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DOTE stands for Distributed Open Transcription Environment, created by the wonderful team of researchers and developers at Aarlborg University, supports CA transcription with time stamped video.
