Essay on oral revision

Authors

  • Paula Taveira Linguateca e Universidade de Oslo
  • Diana Santos Linguateca e Universidade de Oslo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln2ano2016a18

Keywords:

orality, transcription, norm deviations, Portuguese varieties, corpora

Abstract

This paper discusses the revision of the transcription of oral interviews done by the Portuguese Museu da Pessoa to preserve the life histories of common people, often with little or no formal education, which had been transcribed by students without linguistic training. This task increased our awareness of how orality works and of how many choices a transcriber is required to make, being a sort of translator. In addition, it uncovered a set of «errors» or deviations in many elderly speakers from the North of Portugal which are often considered typically Brazilian, leading us to reconsider variety divergence.

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Published

2016-10-31

How to Cite

Paula Taveira, & Santos, D. (2016). Essay on oral revision. Journal of the Portuguese Linguistics Association, (2), 403–424. https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln2ano2016a18

Issue

No. 2 (2016): Journal of the Portuguese Linguistics Association

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