Spoken Discourse: Waiting For The Bus On Barkers Road
Transcript Analysis:
Introduction:
The transcript submitted is based on a recording taken while waiting for the bus on Barkers Road. It was an afternoon and the conversation was between Ruby, Victoria, Brigitte, Callan and myself. The conversation is reasonably straightforward in meaning but often difficult to understand.
Situational Context:
As stated, the recording took place at the Barkers Road bus bay. This is a reasonably public place, although it mainly consists of school students. The conversation is representative of this. Firstly, the topic is nothing that can be considered either offensive or too personal to be overheard. It also doesn’t consist of any swearing or derogatory terms with “donk” being the only insult made.
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Features and Strategies of Spoken Discourse:
Obviously several features have been touched on through the identifying participants section. These have been “Discourse Particles” which are used to add to a sentence without pausing or changing the meaning of a sentence.
Conversations generally follow a pattern of turns. This strategy allows all members of the conversation to contribute. This can often be thrown out by an individual holding the floor. For a period of time Victoria holds the floor and dominates the conversation, as she is the one manoeuvring the conversations idea.
15. V Yeah but season 6/ I don’t know where to watch it.
16. V It’s no(,)t (.) I looked on >>MTV a=nd Fox 8. And [its=]
This contribution changes the direction of the topic to how to watch the next season of “Teen Wolf”. This is an essential part to keeping any conversation alive and it is because of Victoria having a problem that she holds the floor.
Pauses are used to change ideas as someone speaks, without giving up their turn in the conversation. As seen in line 13. Victoria manages to make 3 minor points due to the
Introduction:
The transcript submitted is based on a recording taken while waiting for the bus on Barkers Road. It was an afternoon and the conversation was between Ruby, Victoria, Brigitte, Callan and myself. The conversation is reasonably straightforward in meaning but often difficult to understand.
Situational Context:
As stated, the recording took place at the Barkers Road bus bay. This is a reasonably public place, although it mainly consists of school students. The conversation is representative of this. Firstly, the topic is nothing that can be considered either offensive or too personal to be overheard. It also doesn’t consist of any swearing or derogatory terms with “donk” being the only insult made.
51. R …show more content…
Features and Strategies of Spoken Discourse:
Obviously several features have been touched on through the identifying participants section. These have been “Discourse Particles” which are used to add to a sentence without pausing or changing the meaning of a sentence.
Conversations generally follow a pattern of turns. This strategy allows all members of the conversation to contribute. This can often be thrown out by an individual holding the floor. For a period of time Victoria holds the floor and dominates the conversation, as she is the one manoeuvring the conversations idea.
15. V Yeah but season 6/ I don’t know where to watch it.
16. V It’s no(,)t (.) I looked on >>MTV a=nd Fox 8. And [its=]
This contribution changes the direction of the topic to how to watch the next season of “Teen Wolf”. This is an essential part to keeping any conversation alive and it is because of Victoria having a problem that she holds the floor.
Pauses are used to change ideas as someone speaks, without giving up their turn in the conversation. As seen in line 13. Victoria manages to make 3 minor points due to the