Abstract
This paper illustrates the use of a 'discourse line' in transcribing spoken interaction between a person with Alzheimer's disease, and a visitor. Discourse is here interpreted as a metacategory, or an analytic level of interaction. We view transcribing as an integral part of 'doing discourse', and use two sub-layers of the discourse line, dedicated to speech acts and conversation analysis, respectively. The prosody and voice layer is used to show the analysis of a speaker's use of a specific voice quality in discourse term.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 345-359 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Alzheimer's disease
- Conversation analysis
- Discourse
- Speech acts
- Transcribing