Conversation Analysis (CA) is a concept that emerged between 1964 and 1975 due to research undertaken, and lectures produced, by Harvey Sacks. Despite Sacks’ early death, before he managed to publish his works professionally, we are still aware of his discovery of CA through other sociologists and linguists. An example of this can be seen where Hutchby and Wooffitt (2008) discuss how ‘Sacks originated a radical research programme which was designed to investigate the levels of social order which could be revealed in the everyday practice of talking’ (p15). Other professionals in the field have offered explanations of what CA is and what it involves, for example, Paul ten Have (1999) states that ‘CA can be used in wider and more restricted senses.
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In fact, this is the first thing mentioned in Sack et al’s 1974 turn-allocation model. They state that ‘speaker-change reoccurs, or at least occurs’ (p700) suggesting that there is more than one speaker, and the talk is divided between them. Before continuing though, it is important to note that Sacks et al state that the model is there to ‘either be compatible with or [to] allow the derivation of’ (p700), this allows for the model to ‘have the features of being context free and capable of extraordinary context-sensitivity’ (p699). When taking this perspective, and applying it to the transcription of the interview, 9 out of 14 of the statements in Sacks et al’s model are clearly context free, however statements 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are fairly context-sensitive. For example, due to the interview possibly being scripted or at least pre-planned we can rule out that turn order, size and distribution are likely to have restrictions, and due to it being a TV show, we can presume that the length of the conversation is also restricted, or that bits have been cut out and consequently we do not have access to …show more content…
However, Beattie goes on to explain them stating that ‘most interruptions involve two speakers attempting to talk simultaneously’ (p110), and also states that ‘individuals who were high in neuroticism interrupted more… and extroverts interrupted and spoke simultaneously more than introverts. (p111). The latter is particularly interesting when looking at our transcript involving Graham Norton, Russell Brand, Paloma Faith and Emily Blunt. When asking who has the bigger and perhaps more egotistic personality, the majority of people would likely think of Russell Brand, which the analysis of interruptions alongside Beattie’s comments also suggest. Brand interrupts his fellow celebrity guests a total of five times (lines 15, 20, 60, 63 and 66). Which could well be a fight for attention from viewers of the show, or time on air, to express his humour or get people to like
In fact, this is the first thing mentioned in Sack et al’s 1974 turn-allocation model. They state that ‘speaker-change reoccurs, or at least occurs’ (p700) suggesting that there is more than one speaker, and the talk is divided between them. Before continuing though, it is important to note that Sacks et al state that the model is there to ‘either be compatible with or [to] allow the derivation of’ (p700), this allows for the model to ‘have the features of being context free and capable of extraordinary context-sensitivity’ (p699). When taking this perspective, and applying it to the transcription of the interview, 9 out of 14 of the statements in Sacks et al’s model are clearly context free, however statements 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are fairly context-sensitive. For example, due to the interview possibly being scripted or at least pre-planned we can rule out that turn order, size and distribution are likely to have restrictions, and due to it being a TV show, we can presume that the length of the conversation is also restricted, or that bits have been cut out and consequently we do not have access to …show more content…
However, Beattie goes on to explain them stating that ‘most interruptions involve two speakers attempting to talk simultaneously’ (p110), and also states that ‘individuals who were high in neuroticism interrupted more… and extroverts interrupted and spoke simultaneously more than introverts. (p111). The latter is particularly interesting when looking at our transcript involving Graham Norton, Russell Brand, Paloma Faith and Emily Blunt. When asking who has the bigger and perhaps more egotistic personality, the majority of people would likely think of Russell Brand, which the analysis of interruptions alongside Beattie’s comments also suggest. Brand interrupts his fellow celebrity guests a total of five times (lines 15, 20, 60, 63 and 66). Which could well be a fight for attention from viewers of the show, or time on air, to express his humour or get people to like