| Symbol | Definition |
| LE: | Lisa Eisold, the researcher |
| L2, L3, S1, S2, S3: | Lecturer 2 and 3, Students 1,2 and 3 |
| (LE: mhm) | interjection |
| =LE: | speaking at the same time |
| () | short pause |
| () () | longer pause |
| && | unintelligible utterance |
| (text) | uncertain transcription due to unclear recording |
| – | hyphen, separating different ideas/sentence parts |
| @text@ | speaking while laughing |
| @(.)@ | short laugh |
| ye::s | word is stretched, the number of colons indicates the length of the stretch |
| […] | left-out passage |
| real- | unfinished word |
| I love | word is stressed |
| ((laughs)) | non-verbal utterances |
| [text] | comments |
| mhm (positive) | expression of approval |
| mhm (negative) | expression of disapproval |
(symbols are based on Aglaja Przyborski’s method and the transcription guidelines of Talk in Qualitative Social Research)
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