Testifying while black: An experimental study of court reporter accuracy in transcription of African American English

Court reporters are certified at either 95% or 98% accuracy, depending on their certifying organization; however, the measure of accuracy is not one that evaluates their ability to transcribe nonstandard dialects. Here, we demonstrate that Philadelphia court reporters consistently fail to meet this...

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Published in:Language (Baltimore) 2019-06, Vol.95 (2), p.e216-e252
Main Authors: Jones, Taylor, Kalbfeld, Jessica Rose, Hancock, Ryan, Clark, Robin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accentuation
Accuracy
African American English
African Americans
American English
Court reporting
Courts
Criminal justice
Dialects
Legal language
Morphosyntax
Nonstandard dialects
Residential segregation
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