Key Frameworks for analysing talk

Question 1

What are the big categories that i might ask you about?

Answer 1

TYPES OF UTTERANCE, contextual factors, FLUENCY , PURPOSE, PHONOLOGY ,INTERACTION, LEXIS , THEORIES

Question 2

What kind of question might you like to ask about: FLUENCY

Answer 2

Are speakers fluent and/or hesitant and what does that show?

Question 3

What specific things might you consider the use of when looking at: FLUENCY

Answer 3

repetition, false starts, pauses, fillers

Question 4

What kind of question might you like to ask about: PHONOLOGY

Answer 4

What does the text sound like?

Question 5

What specific things might you consider the use of when looking at: PHONOLOGY

Answer 5

pitch, intonation, speed, stress, volume

Question 6

What kind of question might you like to ask about: INTERACTION

Answer 6

How do people make a conversation work well or how do they dominate a conversation?

Question 7

What specific things might you consider the use of when looking at: INTERACTION

Answer 7

turn-taking, adjacency pairs, back channelling, tag questions, overlaps

Question 8

What kind of question might you like to ask about: LEXIS

Answer 8

What kinds of words/phrases does the text/speaker use?

Question 9

What specific things might you consider the use of when looking at: LEXIS

Answer 9

Standard or non-standard English,
dialect, slang, vague language, field-specific lexis

Question 10

What things might you consider when looking at the purpose of talk?

Answer 10

Transactional / Referential / Interactional / Phatic / Expressive

Question 11

What kinds of sentences/utterances are used? A potential answer could be:

Answer 11

Declarative / Interrogative / Imperative / Exclamative