February 2015

This cheat sheet (PDF version) provides all the symbols you will encounter in Schegloff (2007): a useful reminder while doing an initial sequential analysis of your data. Use with caution, and remember to re-read the last chapter, as well as Schegloff (2005) beforehand. Usages are referenced with example and page numbers.

Adjacency pair labels

• F / FPP : First Pair Part
• S / SPP : Second Pair Part (2.01 p. 17)

Sequence management markers:

• ₁ / ₂ / ₃ : subscript numbering for multi-sequence analyses e.g.: F_b1, F_b1 (5.30, p.75)
• + : more of a FPP or SPP i.e.: +F / +S (used in combination with other labels) (7.05, p. 121)¹
• _b : base pair i.e. F_b or S_b
• _pre : pre-sequence marker
  • e.g. F_pre or S_pre of a pre-expansion sequence (5.32, p. 77, see note 5 p. 27)
  • can take _b and / or numbering for multi-sequence analyses.
• _ins or _i : insert expansion FPP_ins or SPP_ins (can take _b / numbering). (6.08, p.103 / 6.01, p.105)
• _insins : nested insert expansions (can be further nested e.g.: _insinsins ) (6.17, p.110)
• _post : post-expansion (p. 27 note 5)

Position-specific markers:

• pre-S : a preliminary (e.g. anticipatory account) coming between F and S. (p. 69 ex. 5.19)
• preS_b : a preliminary to a base sequence (p. 84 ex. 5.38)
• SCT : sequence closing third (can be used with numbering, + and design feature labels) (7.03, p.119)
• PCM : post-completion musing (7.32, p. 143)

Action labels

Obviously actions can be described in many ways, but Schegloff (2007) only uses these ones:

• _off : offer (could also be _req for requests (10.14, pp 213-214), _ass for assessments etc. etc.)²
• _acc : accept prior action (5.39, p. 85)
• _rej : reject prior action (5.39, p. 85)
• _prerej : a pre-rejection (could be used for any action) (5.39, p. 85)
• _req1 / _off2 / _acc2 / _acc1 : numbered actions for multi/nested-sequence analyses. (5.38, p. 85)
• _retr : disavowal or retraction of prior action (9.03b, p. 185)
• _alt : alternative version of prior action (7.50c, pp. 166-167)
• _again : reissuing a prior action (7.50b, pp. 165-166)
• _redo : reworking/redoing of a prior action (7.49, pp. 163-164)
• _add : addition to prior action (7.49, pp. 163-164)

Design feature labels

• _up : upgrade (7.43, p. 157)
• _hedge or _hdg : hedge (7.50b, pp. 165-166)
• _agree : agreement with preference (5.32, p. 77)
• _rev : reversal of preference / type conformity (5.32, p. 77)
• _cnt : counter (2.01 p.17)

References

• Schegloff, E. A. (2005). On integrity in inquiry… of the investigated, not the investigator. Discourse Studies, 7(4-5), 455–480.
• Schegloff, E. A. (2007). Sequence organization in interaction: Volume 1: A primer in conversation analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.