Transcription is the act of writing down spoken discourse so that the discourse can b analyze. There are some features of talk that are hard to capture in transcription, like pauses, overlaps, utterances that are cut off, as well as noises that come from speech. Overlaps or simultaneous speech is perhaps the hardest part of spoken conversation to transcribe because it can be supportive or obstructive like in an interruption. It is hard to find out if the overlap is supporting someone’s statement or question or if it is taking away or disregarding what the person has said, pauses are also hard to capture because it can be a sign of silence or someone thinking of what are going to say next. Overlaps are also hard to transcribe because you have …show more content…
In this conversation- the turn-taking cues were verbal, in many of the utterances the verbal cue was syllable lengthening and the pitch change when it was time for someone else to talk. In this conversation, there were many instances where there was silence or pauses. Almost everytime there was a pause, like in turn two the pause could have also been silence, it is hard to decipher a pause from silence. An overlap is when speakers attempt to speak simultaneously; it is represented in transcription by square brackets. There were two instances of overlap in this conversation that were hard to transcribe because you had to listen closely when they were occurring as was shown in turns five and six. (Yule, 2014, CH. 11)Minimal responses are expressions used to indicate people are listening, understanding or agreeing. Some minimal response that was in this conversation were um, and yeah. Adjacency pairs are a sequence of turns that go together in a conversation. There were mainly question and answer adjaceny pairs in this conversation with some request for information and providing information, as well as assessment and agreement. When Luis said “Do you like um look up translations after you listen to each song?”, and Tiffany responded with yeah, that was a preferred response to his question because it was agreeing to his assessment and it was short, simple and without a response because her respond. There were no instances of opening or closing sequences in this conversation. A repair in a conversation is when a participant feels the need to correct his or herself or another, edit a previous utterance or to restate something that was said in a clearer way. I found a repair in this conversation when Luis said” Let’s see how strong your fandom is to uh ... Exo “, and Tiffany responded with “what?'" and Luis
Conversation Analysis (CA) is the study of talk-within-interaction that attempts to describe the orderliness, structure and sequential patterns of interaction in conversation. It is a method of qualitative analysis developed by Harvey Sacks with the aid of Emmanuel Schegloff and Gail Jefferson in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Using the CA frame of mind to view stories shows us that what we may think to be simplistic relaying of information or entertaining our friends is in fact a highly organised social phenomena that is finely tuned in a way that expresses the teller’s motivation behind the talk. (Hutchby & Wooffitt, 2011). It is suggested that CA relies on three main assumptions; talk is a form of social action, action is structurally organised, talk creates and maintains inter-subjectivity (Atkinson & Heritage, 1984).
Deborah Tannen has achieved scholarly and public praise for her conclusions about how women and men differ in conversational styles. You Just Don’t Understand[6] clarifies stylistic differences in how the two sexes communicate with each other.
Discourse communities are groups of people with a unique point of view. There are many discourse communities around your everyday life. These communities are part of the entire human environment. Many discourse communities are distinctly large due to all the societies wanting the same things. My discourse communities are mostly Facebook.
Sacks, H. (1992) Lectures on Conversation, edited by G. Jefferson, Oxford and Cambridge, Mass.: Basil Blackwell.
...e talking to each other in this scene, but in some situations they can break the fourth wall and address the audience.
Organization: Topical pattern. Audience analysis: The audiences are raging from 20-21, and are currently residential students at Liberty University. They are all from South Korea, but each has different backgrounds. Topic: Nursing can be used to show and share the love of God.
Pages 261- 267. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.10.006. Cameron, D. (2001). The 'Case Working with spoken discourse and communication. London: Thousand Oaks & Co. Carson, C., & Cupach, W. (2000).
This technique can greatly improve the accuracy of the system compared to direct ASR transcription of speech while that speaker is engaged in conversation or lecturing to a group of people.
In the article “The Concept of Discourse Community” John Swales touches a few very important main ideas about what discourse community really is. I found it to be refreshing that he is able to express his feelings how he does in this article. Swales talks about discourse community and how our world today really isn 't that good at being apart of them. He discusses the six qualities or characteristics of being apart of a discourse community. You have to be active in communicating and wanting to be apart of that community and if you 're not that type of person than maybe it 's not your thing.
A discourse community is a group of individuals all with relatively the same ending goal or original interest that all have their own way of participation and have different motives, it is easier to feel more included in a discourse community once literacy achieved. Discourse communities can be found in many different places; it is just a matter of what is being looked for. These communities can come from the entire population, all of the people who speak the English language, any place of education, restaurants, any home, or even at the gym/ recreation center. In order to become literate in the fitness discourse community the differences in basic motives, the values that are important, and the places available to work out at must be understood.
Imagine living during the 1960’s when the nation was divided by segregation. The only way to express your ideas, beliefs, and thoughts during that time was through words. Famous Civil Rights activists such as, Dr.Martin Luther King Jr., inspired many with his wise words and empowering speeches. Times when many felt unheard or invisible, words were there as tranquilness and an ataraxia. Words have the power to provoke, calm, or inspire by motivating others to take action in what they believe in.
"And some words played between us to and fro" (7) seems to indicate small talk and mindless chatter.
“Fasting is an effective and safe method of helping the body detoxify itself.” Quote by: James F. Balch, and Phyllis A. Balch. When you begin fasting, toxins are created in your body, mostly because of food and water. During your fast your body is provided resting time, most importantly, it gives your organs a rest which could potentially prolong your life. To prepare yourself for a fast you should try to eat mostly fruits, and vegetables. Intermittent fasting means fasting for certain hours of a day. While periodic fasting is when you fast for three days or longer for two or more weeks. The description of hunger is when your bodies respond to lack of food, then your body begins searching for food. If you get hungry during your fast it’s advised that you eat watermelon (if you absolutely need it), drink lemon juice or coffee. While giving organs rest and creating longevity, fasting is a controlled medical regimen.
In public speaking I learned many types of concepts, theories and terms of communication. In concepts of publicly speaking there’s, relaxation, practice, credibility, attention getters, attire, organization, volume, emotion, audience relation, and movement. In my first speech, “The any old bag speech” I quickly learned the do’s, don’ts and concepts of my speech performance.
Grice writes that because we are, for the most part, a group of coherent and cooperative human beings, “our talk exchanges do not normally consist of a succession of disconnected remarks, and would not be rational if they did” (“Logic and Conversation” pg. 44). That is, the conversations ...