Monday, 22 February 2016

Me:  what did your job a diesel involve?
Des: jeans
Me: jus
Ciara: did you sell the jeans to people? how did that go?
Des: it was great

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Me: does that mean you can tell anyone their jean size?

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Me: does anyone have any responsibilities in their families?

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Ciara: I uh walk my dog
Me: you /walk/ your dog?
Clara: /like/ like twice a week maybe
Me: is that it?
Ciara: everyone else does it I don't really wanna do it so that's kinda my responsibility
Me: that's the whole reason I don't want a dog cuz

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What i found out about myself as speaker when listening and writing up a transcript:

I spoke quite confidently, however this may have been because i knew the people i was talking too. Although i spoke confidently i had hardly any airtime, when i spoke i said what was need and then it was passed on to the next person who would answer the question or carry on the conversation. I believe i am more of a active listner (Schegloff's conversational model) as i don't say much but i input where i believe it is needed and when i feel something should be said or asked.
Throughout the whole talk it is awkward, this could be due to it not being a usual conversation that i would usually have with friends and so it made it look more forced. The questions i asked did not come across in a way that suggested that i may be interested in what their answer will be. 
I mostly asked questions, this interpreted in refrence to Fishman could suggest that it is a sign of me showing power whithin the conversation and an attribute to interaction. On the other hand Lakoff believes questions are a sign of weakness. I think i used mostly paralingustics (which cannot be shown on a transcript) to pass over to the next speaker. Also, i used vocatives to pass the conversation, even though i didn't say their name it was a direct address as they were not broad questions. I believe a key part of me as a speaker is the paralinguistics i use, facial expressions and body language. 

1 comment:

  1. Good understanding. Check a couple of terms - you used direct address rather than a vocative (see http://grammar.about.com/od/tz/g/vocativeterm.htm). Lakoff suggested that turning your declarative into a tag question was a sign of uncertainty, whereas yours are full grammatical interrogatives which most models suggest are powerful (the right to ask and expect and answer). Good link to Fishman. Best to do some close PEE of all the techniques in a turn that contribute to an effect or link techniques used in a number of turns.

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