Conversation analysis

wonderful poems in her book, her poem “Girls Overheard While Assembling a puzzle” is about a mysterious observer piecing together a conversation between two girls as they are trying to assemble together…

it and to just give a few examples on why I am thankful. This class was lead fair, and was also very helpful. We were able to have many conversations as a class and I have personally learned so much that I can use in my field. So many of my stereotypes about social justice were gone and for the first time in my 21 years of living, I had actually decent conversations about social justice issues in which I could talk to someone who did not agree with me and just teach each other about both sides.…

school for health reasons, all of my friends were online and lived in different cities, or even states. At that time I was struggling with social anxiety; despite this, I fought through moments of depression and anxiety by having personal online conversations with my friends through instant-messenger. Without the pressure of someone staring straight at me, awaiting a response or judging me with their facial expression, I didn’t feel intimidated by saying whatever I needed to say. In a similar…

Debuting in late September, Clorox’s new commercial advertisement “Clean Matters” markets its product lines as a clean slate for all of life’s messes. The commercial takes viewers through a plethora of family scenarios where messes are made and clorox products help refresh and start over. Majority of the scenarios focused on family dynamics, where parents are cleaning up after or for their children. The ad can be understood through two concepts that we addressed in class: emotions and…

Some typical issues to be instigated based on the conversation approach are turn taking (Allwright, 1980), code switching, and false starts and hesitations in routine conversations. Proponents of this approach are believed to be governed by the principle of structural and functional linguistic. They seemed to be concerned with the speech acts and functions one can…

to get us through the beginning of the season.” After this remark my father shook his head in agreement and said “We will see”. We then stopped conversing and continued to eat our breakfast. While this conversation seems brief and pointless, I actually learned a lot about my own style of conversation. I learned that if I were to take time before I blurted out a response, that I would be able to produce more thought-provoking answers. My father’s response to my original question was very…

took special notice of how each table ended their conversations. I noticed that hugging was more common between females, while a more accepted action between Table C was the table that surprised me the most. As the largest group of people I observed, the communication went against my expectations of my own experiences of trying to communicate in groups larger than five. Unlike my prediction, the group rarely splintered off into multiple conversations while together. I couldn’t pinpoint a…

The entire conversation took place in a friend’s (BS) common room on campus. It was between a group of relatively close friends who have known each other for a year or more, and the interactions were very relaxed and casual. All of the participants are college students, one freshman and four sophomores. Three of the participants are Caucasian women (SN, NB, & JC) , the other two are men; one is Korean (BS) and the other is Mexican (AS). AS is gay, which had influence on the conversation. The…

uncomfortable and out of place once he steps outside the city walls. Socrates is a man of the polis, or in other words “the city”. He is not a man who typically ventures beyond the city gates, but would rather stay inside to enjoy “stimulating” conversation. He did not seem to appreciate the beauty and meaning that can be found in nature. However, somewhere along the way Socrates seems to change his mind, and this is where it all begins. Socrates tells Phaedrus in the passage above that “the…

In this communication video, I focused the interview on the importance of the individual’s nutrition, their exercise schedule, and how they cope with stress and related factors to these concepts. To begin the interview, I introduced myself at 0:01s stating, “Hi Samantha, I’m Becca, I’m your student nurse today…”. By introducing myself, I am beginning the Introductory Phase. It is important to identify my self and my role to make sure the client is comfortable with the situation and can express…