Transcription

WordNet 2 have the following senses of transcription:

• something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation
• (genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA
• a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording)
• arrangement: the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
• recording: the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth"
   

"Transcription is the conversion into written, typewritten or printed form, of a written source - such as the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica articles of which are transcribed into the Wikipedia - or spoken language source, such as the proceedings of a court hearing. " (Wikipedia, 2005)

Transcriptions may be categorized as a kind of source literature.



Literature:

Alstrup, E. (1988). Faglitteraturens typologi. Definitioner og eksempler. København: Danmarks Biblioteksskole.  (Mimeo.).

Edwards, J. A. & Lampert, M. D. (Eds.). (1993). Talking Data: Transcription and Coding in Discourse Research. Hillsdale, N. J.: Erlbaum.

Wikipedia. The free encyclopedia. (2005). Transcription (linguistics). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcription_%28linguistics%29

WordNet 2 http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=transcription

Birger Hjørland

Last edited: 16-05-2006

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