Spoken Language

English essay The way in which we speak now has developed noticeably over the years from the way in which we use to fifty years ago so much so that it has almost entirely become another language. During the course of this essay i will be analysing the spoken language between both the liverpodlian teacher, student interview and the Lancastrian teenagers’ exchange of ideas by commenting on how they both use linguistic devices such as fillers, Standard English, modern slang, power and dominance; how they adapt their language to suit different situations and exploring why they do so. In the Lancastrian transcript an informal tone of voice is used amongst the teenagers signifying that they are friends who are verbally free with one another. The fact that they do not change the way in which they talk is due to the informality of the situation. Throughout this transcript there is no clear purpose as the topic selection seems to be spontaneous; from this I can infer that they are having an organic conversation in order to engage their target audience. Although the obvious target audience for this transcript are teenagers, adults are also aimed at through the lack of colloquial language and use of fillers. In the liverpodlian transcript a formal tone of voice is used amongst the student and teacher indicating a sign if intelligence. The fact that the student formally adapts their spoken language is to suit the situation of an interview making her appear well educated and elegant. The purpose of this transcript was for the teacher to inform and entertain the listeners on how teenagers use to live back in the days without developed technology. In transcript 5 a well-built personal relationship between the teens is portrayed. Implying that they are comfortable and used to one another’s company. Through the use of pause we can tell that there’s a great understanding amongst the teens. An example of this is when T says “I’ve got stuff