Albert: so what are we meant to do Again?
haris: I can’t remember I didn’t really listen.
albert: ah(pauses for two seconds) are we meant to like… ( Scratches chin, Pauses for another two seconds)Record our conversation or something? (In a drolling way)
haris: soming like that ( pauses for two seconds)I’m not sure?
albert: hm if it is then what should we talk about?
haris: i dunno, anything really
Albert: yeah true, (looks up in thought)ah I can’t think
haris: mh hm ( scratches head, Pauses for three seconds) Um I dunno
albert: so?
haris: I dunno ummmm yeah yeah let’s ask sir
October 9, 2012 at 5:40 pm
Good stuff, Albert.
The next step is to identify all the linguistic devices that you can in this transcript. Where does it deviate from standard English and what features are characteristic of speech?
Why does written language not follow this same form?
CW