Example sentences for: transcriptions

How can you use “transcriptions” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I guess I'll close by quoting a comment by Lawrence W. Levine (in Black Culture and Black Consciousness ) on transcriptions of 19 th century black speech made by whites:

  • Previous studies have shown the ribonucleoside triphosphate derivatives of modified bases to be effectively incorporated by RNA polymerases [ 17 18 ] , which make them an excellent substrate for use in microarray sample preparations requiring amplification through in vitro transcriptions (IVTs).

  • Likewise when English-based pidgins and creoles are written down, the phonetic transcriptions use a similar system of modified spellings to indicate pronunciation.

  • Through the rest we get Lewis' sensitive transcriptions of "a booming hick drawl," culminating in a contrast to Jim Barksdale, who, we are told, has escaped hickdom--he "retains only enough of the piney woods patter to offer a passing imitation of a good ol' boy when he needs to."

  • The transcriptions are, mercifully, what phoneticians call “broad,” which provide the basic information needed to be able to reproduce the pronunciation, as compared with “narrow,” in which detailed phonetic features are reflected that are useful for specialists but clutter up the field for ordinary users.


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