13M1803

AE-5204 ANALYTICAL EXERCISE

SEMESTER II 2013/2014

Text 1 has a formal registry in a mild sense that the utterances of the patient and the doctor are well mannered by saying words that have neutral connotations and using modal verbs as Can (line 1) that implies politeness. The turn-taking in Text 1 are mainly nominated turn-taking that half of them are initiated by questions such as Can minutes? (line 1), Now you? (line 2), and You are you? (line 4); and half of them are prompted by giving expected answers to the questioner: Ive coughing (line 3), I not (line 5), You days (line 10). Text 1 is a straight-forward conversation that the patients utterances have an objective and the conversation ends when the objective is achieved: get the doctor to examine him/her and then follow by the providing of the prescription for the patient. The only topic that the Text 1 has is medical appointment that the words being used in such topic are: cold, coughing (line 3); temperature (line 4); examine, heart, lungs (line 6); and tablets (line 10). The stages of this conversation are as follow: the patient greets the doctor the patient ask for information the doctor provides information the doctor seeks and provides information the patient acknowledges the doctors information the patient and doctor part their ways. All in all, Text 1 is leaning to an ideal type of conversation as the occurrences of ellipses are minimal and the standard grammar rules are abided by both the patient and the doctor.

Text 2, in contrast, has an informal registry in a strong sense that the utterances spoken by A, B, and C are calm and relaxed by saying simple and beginners level of English adjective words: small and very good (line 8) rather than diminutive and tremendous; very well and tired (line 10) rather than fabulous and weary; and busy (line 12) instead of hectic. Turn-takings taking place in Text 2 are mostly self-selection turn-takings that the speakers speak without being nominated to do so: C: what that (line 5), B: arent you busy - (line 12), A: which MARKet (line 19), and B: Camberwell (line 25). Conversation

in Text 2 has a frequent back-channel responses: hmm (line 2), oh I see (line 7), and oh (line 9). Pauses are rather common in Text 2 that it occurs in 22 lines out of the 29: to work (line 1); hmm (line 2); homework writing, and essays (line 3); to ah Billy and twenty-first (line 4); that and (line 5); and every line except for line 14, 18, 19, 21, 25, 27 and 28. As the Text 2 has many pauses, this may contribute to the less occurrences of overlapping: [I cant [Victoria (line 20 and 21), [it was [which . . . (line 22 and 23), and [Prahran [St Kilda (line 27 and 28). Conversation in Text 2 has many words being repeated twice by two of the speakers: A: I was I wasnt (line 10); and studied studied (line 15), C: we we (line 17), and no no (line 22). There are three main topics in Text 2: As activities on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday; Cs activity with friends from Indonesia; and the name of the market that C and friends went to. Taking everything into account, conversation in Text 2 is inclined towards a realistic conversation that would usually happen among friends.

In terms of similarities, both texts show conversations that can be found in everyday life for those who speaks English with their doctors as in Text 1, or with their friends as in Text 2. Other than that, both of the data are in the positive atmosphere of conversation. It is so because Text 1 involves a patients that wants to get his or her health checked by the doctor and prescribes medicines for him or her, hence the positive environment, rather than unexpectedly requesting to have a combat with the doctor that may causes injuries or even worse: death. As for Text 2, it involves three individuals who exchange their stories on what they did during their weekends, therefore connotes the positive atmospheric element instead of fighting or exchanging shouts between themselves on whose activities are the best ones. All in all, both texts adhere to the Grices cooperative principle that conversations that take place in both texts have participants that meet the four maxims that are quantity: utterances

are informative as required; quality: said utterances are believed to be true; relevance: utterances made by the participants are relevant to the topics; and manner: utterances are clear and easily understood.