Repetition or Correction
Symbol | +/. . ./+
Definition | The tendency of speakers engaging in spontaneous discourse to stutter during moments of excitement, uncertainty, or temporary verbal incapacitation, and to subsequently correct themselves after such errors of speech.
Description | The +/. . ./+ convention is used to symbolize when this phenomenon actually occurs in a transcript - when a speaker either repeats or corrects himself.
When to use [+/. . ./+]
| 1. When a word or phrase is repeated by the same speaker in succession 2. When a speaker corrects or substitutes a new word for one s/he previously started, but continues with the same idea or train of thought
Rules for Transcribing [+/. . ./+]
| The phrase to be corrected (or repeated) is set in slash marks in such a way that the removal of the marks would leave a more or less grammatically correct sentence. ex: we saw +/the gor=/+ the two gorillas at the zoo
Examples | 1. +/if/+ if anybody wants to influence President Clinton <*T>t 2. yeah , so it is good for +/mor=/+ +/high/+ help morale and welfare . 3. and always ask for help , if I +/can't find/+ don't know the answer myself, I will find it.