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1
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Effect of Russell’s opening line of ‘good morning ‘

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  • doesn’t say ‘good morning chair’

- first line shows that he thinks he doesn’t have to be formal

2
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Pedagogic talk

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Conversation

3
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Constative talk

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  • something that can be judged to be true or false
  • when he is talking about abstinence based recovery being the best solution - reader can decide whether they agree with this or not
4
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Russell’s reply of ‘yes’ breaks which one of grices maxims

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Quantity - this is a very short reply

5
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Things to notice

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  • brand doesn’t always answer the questions
  • who is in control of the conversation ?
  • politeness strategies
6
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Brands purpose

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  • to entertain - sell his personality
  • to advertise abstinence based devices
  • to give advice to drug users and share his own experiences
7
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The effect of brand using the TOA ‘keith’

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  • very informal and rude

- because he is famous he thinks he can call important people by their first names

8
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Is the spontaneous or planned ?

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  • when brand says ‘the message that we are hoping to get across…’ seems planned
  • but the butting in makes it seems spontaneous
9
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Mode

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  • face to face conversation
  • spoken word
  • broadcast
10
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Context on Russel brand

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  • he had a drug problem
  • comedian
  • activist