The topics of conversation within this transcript jumped from Kiona’s vacation (seen in lines 2 to 25), to Florida and California’s water issues (seen in line 27 to 28), back to Kiona’s vacation (seen in line 29 to 32) and finished off with the San Andreas Fault/Earthquakes (seen in line 32 to 56). The initial topic of conversation was suggested by Corina (seen in line 2) in order to get the conversation started. There was no topic dropped due to embarrassment, however; there was a moment mentioned before in this analysis in which we went back to a topic. Most because at the time and based on facial expressions the participant Barbi, she wasn’t paying attention to the conversation that was happening right next to her. There also was no topic …show more content…
This can be seen in lines 33 to 39 and lines 42 to 55, where the act was to inform the audience about San Andrea’s Fault and earthquake plans. The utterance which produced it was on line 32 where Kiona states her concern on the recent talk of the town involving the pending earthquake commonly known to Californians as “the big one”. According to Bonvillain, there are “several kinds of speech acts—greeting, partings, apologies, thanks, compliments—are frequently expressed by highly predictable and stereotyped linguistic routines. They combine verbal material and social messages in patterns, expressive of cultural values and sensitive to interactional context” (Bonvillain 2014, 86). There are routine exchanges within this conversation which occurred outside of the participant’s conversation due to the setting of the conversation. Since the participants ' were at work where they use routines which “typically occur sequences of exchanges between participants minimally consisting of an utterance by the first speaker followed by a return or acknowledgment by the second speaker” (Bonvillain 2014, 86). This is seen in lines 15 to 17 where an outside speaker states “Thank you” and the response by two participants who responded with “your welcome” and “no problem”. Within this conversation there was repetition of …show more content…
According to Bonvillain hedge words are used to “have the effect of creating uncertainty about the speaker’s claims, uncertainty that she herself expresses about her knowledge. Use of such devices blunts the intended statement, undermines the speaker’s competence, and anticipates the possibility that she may be contradicted by the addressee” (Bonvillain 2014, 24). Hedge words can be seen in line 33, when Corina uses the words “well” and “supposedly;” therefore showing the uncertainty to express her knowledge of the severity of earthquakes. Another gender associated feature seen in the transcript for women is ending their turn with a question which can be seen in lines 7, 12, 21, and 29. Throughout the conversation Kiona and Corina had a face to face posture and maintained eye contact throughout the conversation while Barbi maintained a sideways posture and avoided eye contact until she spoke to Kiona during lines 29, 34, 39, 41 and 51. Having a face to face posture and maintaining eye contact is associated with females while a sideways posture and avoiding eye contact is associated with males; and although Corina maintained a face to face posture and maintained eye contact with Kiona, she maintained a sideways posture and avoided eye contact with Barbi. Another gender associated feature is supportive/competitive
An earthquake felt throughout the Midwest on June 18 was a shaky reminder that earthquakes can occur anywhere.
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).
Imagine if a 9.0 earthquake struck the West Coast today, resulting in a giant tsunami. Coastal towns would be washed away or completely isolated, and electricity would be lost (FOX5). There would be $70 billion in damage and people would only have 15 minutest to evacuate or move to higher ground resulting in 10,000 deaths (FOX5). This sounds like a plot for a scary movie, but this is actually a reality. The Oregon Coast in located on a subduction zone, which makes it very susceptible to major earthquakes and tsunamis. With the Cascadia subduction zone running along he West Coast the threat of a major tsunami is very real.
While Judith signals that she is not certain about her message by using the modifier 'I think' (cf. Mehrabian 38), Kate can help her out effortlessly, much to Judith's surprise, which is conveyed by her exclamation of 'Oh, wow'. As professors, Kate and Janet do not share the same knowledge about the same topics with Judith, which is emphasised here.
Gender Matters is a collection of various essays on feminist linguistic texts analysis, by Sara Mills. Mills develops methods of analyzing literary and non-literary texts, in addition to conversational analysis based on a feminist approach. The author draws on data from her collection of essays gathered over the last two decades on feminism during the 1990s. The essays focus on gender issues, the representation of gender in reading, writing, and in public speaking. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of feminists’ analysis of sexism in literature and the relation between gender and politeness. The article is informative for my research paper, as my topic is going to cover language analysis of the text and who women reading and writing differs according to the discourse analysis within linguistic, psychology, case studies audiences and surveys. The book would be helpful, particularly the last three essays that discusses gender, public speaking, the question of politeness and impoliteness in public speaking. Mills’ analysis is not complete without including the idea of global notions of both women and men, to see whether women and men write and read in the same way globally. Therefore, an update would enrich the book’s discussion section. Although, Mills addresses the class and race theme in language and public speaking, I will only look into the role of language that plays a part in doing or reducing gender in literary, non-literary texts and in conversation.
As the story progresses, Connie’s language takes an obvious turn. When Arnold Friend, someone she has seen but never talked to, shows up on her doorstep, she is somewhat defensive, but curious. "I ain’t late, am I?" is the first thing he says to her when she opens the screen door. Connie replies by saying, "Who the hell do you think you are?", a typical response of someone in that situation. If a complete stranger showed up at my house and talked to me as though we were best friends I would respond the same way.
People who thinks of Thornton Wilder primarily in terms of his classic novella “Our Town,” The Bridge of San Luis Rey will seem like quite a switch. For one thing, he has switched countries; instead of middle America, he deals here with Peru. He has switched eras, moving from the twentieth century back to the eighteenth. He has also dealt with a much broader society than he did in “Our Town,” representing the lower classes and the aristocracy with equal ease. But despite these differences, his theme is much the same; life is short, our expectations can be snuffed out with the snap of a finger, and in the end all that remains of us is those we have loved.
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake hit the Northern California coastline. The San Andreas fault shook 296 miles of the coast causing major damage throughout San Francisco, destroying about 80% of the city. Fires broke out throughout the city that lasted for several days. This was one of the worst Earthquakes recorded in history, killing 3,000 people.("The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake")
Hazards pose risk to everyone. Our acceptance of the risks associated with hazards dictates where and how we live. As humans, we accept a certain amount of risk when choosing to live our daily lives. From time to time, a hazard becomes an emergent situation. Tornadoes in the Midwest, hurricanes along the Gulf Coast or earthquakes in California are all hazards that residents in those regions accept and live with. This paper will examine one hazard that caused a disaster requiring a response from emergency management personnel. Specifically, the hazard more closely examined here is an earthquake. With the recent twenty year anniversary covered by many media outlets, the January 17, 1994, Northridge, California earthquake to date is the most expensive earthquake in American history.
The host of Lexicon Valley podcast, John H. McWhorter, reveals that words referencing women have interesting origins in “Words, for Her” (2018). McWhorter uses song lyrics, a play, a poem, and the Salem Witch Trial transcripts to support his argument. He discusses the origins and histories of words in order to educate people on how words have changed throughout time. Persons interested in etymology would enjoy listening to McWhorter.
Earthquakes are natural disasters that cause havoc to many parts of the world. Some believe the reason why these happen are because Poseidon, the god of the sea and earthquakes gets mad. Gods are normally used to getting what they want, and Poseidon is a big shot god who is no exception. Most gods also have tempers which end up causing a lot of trouble to the world, so it’s no secret that poseidon would have one too. All of the earthquakes we get are because he did not get what he wanted and he threw a temper tantrum.
The film San Andreas was directed by Brad Peyton. The film is about a statewide earthquake that’s hitting the state of California. Dwayne Johnson plays as Ray Gaines, a rescue helicopter pilot for the Los Angeles Fire Department, who is trying to search for his daughter in San Francisco during the pandemonium. Together with his ex-wife, they journeyed to San Francisco to save their daughter. I think that this movie is awesome because it may serve as a lesson for us to prepare for an unexpected disaster that may occur anytime.
Although in the second example the interlocutors shared a closer relationship to those in the first, the forms of the speech act remain similar to each other. The second example was included to largely illustrate that regardless of social distance amongst interlocutors, the forms of thanks in Australian English remain similar in informal speech events. Thanking in Australian English ensures that everyone in a social interaction feels acknowledged. The goal of thanking, much like other convivial speech acts, is to create and maintain social harmony in one’s culture (Leech, 1983).
Any guess on to what is going on? Well, I’ll go ahead and give you the basic rundown on what the conversation said: Guy1 was commenting on how is friend Joe asked a girl (Julia) if they could have consensual sex together in the local mall. Guy2 found this exchange very amusing, as he was “rolling on the floor laughing my ass off”. Furthermore, Guy1 also interjected his own personal opinion that Joe was/is crazy. Finally they agreed to converse at a later date. All that from 43 separate “symbols” and words. Welcome to the future.
...or a relationship”. In genderlects, there is no superior or inferior method of communication, but rather, men and women just communicate differently. By understanding these differences, one can reduce the amount of misunderstandings in future conversations.