The corpus is transcribed by the transcription of the conversational analysis (CA) in a modified way as follows:
| Function | Form |
|---|---|
| short interval (max 0.2 sec) | (.) |
| timed interval | (2.0) |
| latching at end of utterance | word= |
| latching at beginning | =word |
| drawling | :: |
| emphasis | underlining or ` in the beginning of the emphasized syllable |
| falling intonation | point |
| fall not to low | comma |
| raising intonation | ? |
| comment | ((text)) |
| item in doubt | {text} |
| unreachable text | {---} |
| begin of overlap | [ |
| end of overlap | ] |
| glottal cut off | do- |
| slower talk | < text > |
| faster talk | > text < |
| lowered volume | * text * |
| loud volume | CAPS |
| in-breath | .hhh |
| out-breath | =h (at the end of word) |
| imitation | @ text @ |
| laughing voice | $ text $ |