If it is clear from V's response in T how she took DA's comment as an accusation, let s say then you have some evidence as to how someone engaged in the interaction interpreted DA's comment. That kind of analysis is useful. You make an interpretation based upon something specific in the transcript. For example, the courtroom T does not assign each IU to its own line. Equal signs denote no gap between one utterance and the next Underlining indicates stress or emphasis in a word.
Punctuation marks refer to intonation patterns.
A question mark indicates rising or upward intonation and not necessarily a question. A comma marks continuing intonation. A period marks a stopping fall in intonation. The Alchemy of Race and Rights by Patricia J. Williams To be handed out in class. The discussion below, on matched-guises and social attitudes, may be useful in answering one of the topics in this assignment.