Spoken Language Study

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Explore some aspects of the way speech changes according to context For this spoken language study, I am going to focus on two different transcripts, one set in a bar after a rugby match and the other in a business meeting. Both transcripts have different contexts. One is set in the rugby club bar after a match and the other is in a Business meeting at an advertising company. I am going to explore the features and convenience of speech. I am going to compare the style of speech in the formal sense and less formal sense and consider the different techniques used by people in the transcripts, for example phatic talk or digression. Greetings are used in speech at the start of a conversation, and are usually formal or polite. The greeting from the two mates at the rugby club is different however, it is informal and colloquial and this indicates the relationship between the speaker and the listener. “Alright Sparky” is used by john to gain Sparky’s attention in a verbal encounter. John also refers to him as Sparky, which is most likely a nickname. By using a nickname, it emphasises their close relationship. Earlier on John calls Dan a “Cheeky bastard”. In a normal situation this would be classed as an insult, however, as we have already discovered, the characters in this transcript all have a close relationship, therefore it is taken a joke. By putting the word “Cheeky” in front of “bastard” emphasises the point that it should be taken as a joke. The greeting in the business meeting is very contrasting to the rugby club. It is still in an informal manor but much less informal than transcript 1. They start by saying “Hey”. This is an attempt to act cool and friendly in front of their co-workers. Johns relationship with is colleagues is different to his relationship with his rugby mates. In transcript 1 he has a light joke with his mates, “shame about the

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