Warren Beatty Spoken Language Essay

As he stood there, Warren Beatty saw his chance to absolve himself from being the perpetrator for the wrong name being read. He did not want the audience to believe that was a purposeful act. This is noticeable through the sequences of utterances next to one another that are produced by separate speakers classified as adjacency pairs (Duranti 1997: 250). This is a linguistic example of expressing turn-taking. For example, Beatty attempted to clarify what was happening with the situation at hand as seen in line 1 of the transcript. However, in line 2, Jimmy Kimmel cut Beatty’s speech off to ask him “what happened” and in response Beatty went back to stating his reason for on insisting to speak to audience again. In reaction, Kimmel said, “Oh”

The speech act theory argues that language is not limited to only describing individual states of interactions but can be used to describe performative actions (Duranti 1997: 219). For example, Warren Beatty should have certain feelings or a reason for his intentions. As seen in line one, before Beatty could begin speaking about the incident he requested everyone’s attention using the directive “Hello”. However, before he could carry on, Kimmel used a directive in line 2 that was insisting for Beatty to carry on with explaining to the audience about what occurred. So, speaking to Kimmel and the audience, in line 3 Beatty replied using an assertive claim that he does intend to clear this up. In lines 6-8 Beatty asserts his argument that he is not responsible. As for lines 9 and 10, he clarifies the expressive look he gave Faye and the audience is the reason why he was slow to read the name off the card. In line 13, Beatty use a commissive, promising that he was not intentionally trying to sabotage ceremony. Yet, in line 14, Kimmel uses a declarative to disclaim Beatty’s humble apology. In response, Beatty uses a expressive to thank Kimmel for claiming that he was