Spoken Language
In society the way in which we communicate depends on the context or situation we are in, for example if we are at home or in a workplace. Nowadays, social media or the vast development of technology has affected the way we speak to each other because instead of using received pronunciation, like the Queen, we use slang if we are with are friends; expressing informal features, like taboo language in order to fit in and feel closer or Standard English if we are talking to a teacher or an employer. As we have to be formal to show respect and politeness. Similarly, I have found there to be stereotypes with regarding people who live in Devon and Scotland, as people infer that individuals who come from Devon have a strong farmer accent and those who are from Scotland are always drinking, parting and only eat haggis.
In this essay, I will be exploring the spoken language used in an informal conversation between my family, which is me (Zena), my mum and uncle and analyse how different characteristics of spoken language affect they way we use a …show more content…
This affects the conversation as we were looking into the camera, showing paralinguistic interactions, like facial expressions and eye contact. However, me and my mum weren 't facing each other, so we would overlap when speaking, an example is when we say” I don 't know, tell us” simultaneously. The mode of delivery is spontaneous, therefore this implies that there would be more voiced pauses, unvoiced pauses and fillers because it 's not scripted or forced.
My own idiolect is from being born and living in the Midlands until I was two. Then I moved to Devon and have lived here for 16 years. Moreover, I find that my accent is neutral, since my prosodic features haven’t identified any specific regional background. My mum has influenced the way I speak, as despite coming from Kent, that has a cockney twang she also speaks with a neutral
In society the way in which we communicate depends on the context or situation we are in, for example if we are at home or in a workplace. Nowadays, social media or the vast development of technology has affected the way we speak to each other because instead of using received pronunciation, like the Queen, we use slang if we are with are friends; expressing informal features, like taboo language in order to fit in and feel closer or Standard English if we are talking to a teacher or an employer. As we have to be formal to show respect and politeness. Similarly, I have found there to be stereotypes with regarding people who live in Devon and Scotland, as people infer that individuals who come from Devon have a strong farmer accent and those who are from Scotland are always drinking, parting and only eat haggis.
In this essay, I will be exploring the spoken language used in an informal conversation between my family, which is me (Zena), my mum and uncle and analyse how different characteristics of spoken language affect they way we use a …show more content…
This affects the conversation as we were looking into the camera, showing paralinguistic interactions, like facial expressions and eye contact. However, me and my mum weren 't facing each other, so we would overlap when speaking, an example is when we say” I don 't know, tell us” simultaneously. The mode of delivery is spontaneous, therefore this implies that there would be more voiced pauses, unvoiced pauses and fillers because it 's not scripted or forced.
My own idiolect is from being born and living in the Midlands until I was two. Then I moved to Devon and have lived here for 16 years. Moreover, I find that my accent is neutral, since my prosodic features haven’t identified any specific regional background. My mum has influenced the way I speak, as despite coming from Kent, that has a cockney twang she also speaks with a neutral