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The ‘?’ at the end of Amy’s utterance indicates rising intonation. But if that was indeed the direction of pitch movement, her utterance would not be heard as a straightforward request for information, since this is typically uttered with falling intonation. A possible interpretation of rising intonation would be that Amy was repeating a preceding actual or implied asking of the question by one of the other participants, with an indication of surprise if the overall pitch was higher than normal.
When publishing results of research, a balance has to be struck between providing as much information as possible and creating a transcription which is as easy to read as possible, within the constraints of available print characters and text layout. One solution – by no means ideal—can be found in Wells (2002b).
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Wells, G. Forum: The linguistic construction of expert identity in professor–student discussions of science. Cult.Scie.Edu. 2, 151–170 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-007-9051-3
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