Transcript of Speech

A conversation in a classroom between 3 people, Shae-17 from Barton Hill, Kirsty-16-from Stockwood and Lewis-16 from Hanham

Adjacency pairs

Chaining

Quantity- too little

Quality

Relevance – side sequence

Manner – not clear

Prosodic feature

A: How has your day been so far?

B: Ah it’s been good thanks, um not much has happened, im extremely very tired though

A: Early morning?

B: Yeah, how was yours?

A: Just tired

C: I nearly went to hospital

B: (Laugh)

C: Cycling in, nearly crashed into a pillar

B: (Laugh)

A: What time have you been up since?

B: Half six

C: Half seven

B: How? How did you get up that late?

C: I leave the house at five past eight

B: (Laugh)

A: So do I actually, I leave the house at twenty past eight

C: So I have half an hour

B: I have to get up at half six, otherwise I’ll be there till eight like aaah

A: Do you live far?

B: It’s not really far

A: You?

C: Twenty minute cycle, not far

A: Half an hour bus drive

B: If I walk in it will take me like forty-five minutes, (sigh) and what are you two up to tonight?

A: Um house, tidying the house

B: I need to do that actually (laugh), its like a mess everywhere

A: My mums given me loads of jobs, so

B: Yeah

A: That’s me, you?

C: Playing FIFA probably

A: The new one?

B: (Laugh)

 C: Yeah, I bought it last night, straight to ASDA to buy it

A: Was there a line?

C: What’s that? Oh yeah

A: Like a queue

C: Like five people or so, quite quick

A: That’s alright then

  

The quantity of this conversation wasn’t too much or too little, it was just right for our conversation. The quality of our conversation was okay, I don’t think we lied or over exaggerated but I do think we could have been more open optimistic or casual with our answers. The relevance of our conversation was very on topic to our questions although C did go on a side sequence when speaking about how he gets to college. The manner of our conversation was very clear; we hardly spoke in slang although there were a couple filler in our sentences. There wasn’t really any pauses but B did nervously laugh  a few times which could indicate shyness or embarrassment.