> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://ldaca.gitbook.io/metadata-for-language-data/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://ldaca.gitbook.io/metadata-for-language-data/defined-terms/transcription.md).

# Transcription

The resource contains a transcription, which is a written representation (orthographic or coded) of (aspects of) an audio or visual signal.

No transcription can represent completely or transparently the richness of linguistic interaction. The purpose for which a transcription is made will influence what is included or omitted and different traditions in linguistic research have different transcription conventions and practices. These issues are explored in a rich literature to which the following references can provide an introduction:\
Ochs, Elinor. 1979. Transcription as theory. In Elinor Ochs & Bambi B. Schieffelin (eds.), *Developmental Pragmatics*, 43–72. New York: Academic Press.\
Bucholtz, Mary. 2000. The politics of transcription. *Journal of Pragmatics* 32(10). 1439–1465. <https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-2166(99)00094-6>.

This term is an expected value of the property:\
[annotationType](/metadata-for-language-data/properties/annotationtype.md)

This term is included in the defined term set:\
[AnnotationTypeTerms](/metadata-for-language-data/defined-term-sets/annotationtypeterms.md)

[OLAC](http://www.language-archives.org/REC/type-20020628.html#transcription)