Analysing a text guide (Autosaved) Essays - Linguistics, Language

Analysing a text guide (Autosaved) Essays - Linguistics, Language \Analysing a text Refer to line numbers in your examples What to look for: Answer: An example (if possible): Mode - spoken or written Has spoken nature to it. Register - formal or informal This radio show is very informal as it has a wide use of colloquialisms, slang and has a wide variety of playful words to it. The way the words re omitted also shows that laid back type of conversation between the two subjects. In the background information, it says that the topic being discussed is the issue of pets being in their owner's beds at night' - this is informal because it is a radio show of someone and 2 other people stating their opinion of pets being in their beds. A business worker and a principle would not have this type of conversation. Function - play, entertainment, inform, persuade, etc. The function is to entertain the audience. It could also be to inform pet owners about the issue of pets being in owners' bed. Social Purpose - how is it used within the society Lexical/morphological features that support function and social purpose Free morphemes are used to support the information and the function of the transcript. Syntactic features that support function and/or social purpose Shortening Elision In line 65, shortening was used with the word coupla', the word is originally meant to be couple of' but got shortened to coupla'. In line 4 the word you' is shortened to ya' to close the social distance and Phonological Features There is a wide use of slang. Slang is more common in speech and it is words or phrases that are very informal and they are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people. Assimilation is also used when one sound sounds similar or almost identical to another sound, creating one sound in between words. In line 22 and 39 the word thunder buddies' is a word that can be understood by the ingroup but not understood by those who don't usually use that word. In line 30 the word bewdiful' is spelt how it is pronounced, the letter t' is omitted to the letter d'. How is coherence (the little parts forming the text) and cohesion (text as a whole) achieved? Face Needs (attended to or not) Conversational strategies