DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: RESEARCH PROJECT

The Big Bang Theory: The maternal combustion script

Names: Cristina Caldern

Evelyn Cataln

Course: Oral production II

Teacher: Rossana Escobar

 Introduction

1. Introduction.
- You must state an overview of your study and what you aim to find in
this research.
- State an hypothesis, e.g. Ellipsis is usually found in Service encounter
speeches.
2. Theoretical Framework.
En este informe analizamos e indentificamos los speech genres y los
discouse markers, a travs del siguiente script, l cual trata sobre un
joven y su prometida, la cual se reecuentra con su suegra en una
reunin( hay que contar que ocurre ah ), este tipo de script al ser
comment elaboration es espontaneo, por lo tanto posee muchos back
chanel, elipsis y mas, los que presentaremos a continuacion
 BODY

CHARACTERS:

<S1> Male

<S2> Male

<S3> Female

<S4> Female

<S5> Female

<S1> is son of <S3>, <S2> is son of <S4> and <S5> is his fiance. The meeting takes place at
<S1> and <S2> house, and their mothers are meeting for the first time.

SCRIPT:

1 <S1> Oh, heres a picture of me receiving my Bachelor of Science degree.

2 <S4> You dont look very happy.

3 <S1> Well, I had just begun puberty. It was figuratively and literally one of the hairiest

4 moments of my life.

5 <S3> Shelly does not like change.

6 <S1> Oh, true. But all the clenching in the world will not keep testicles in your abdomen.

7 <S5> Hey, sorry, got caught up at work. Hi, Beverly.

8 <S4> Hello. Oh, okay.

9 <S1> You remember my mother.

10 <S5> Oh, yes. Hi, Mary.

11 <S3> Good to see you again, dear.

12 <S5> Ah, yeah, now thats what Im talking about.

13 <S2> So, Mom, you havent seen Penny since we got engaged.

14 <S5> Oh, yeah, let me show you the ring.

15 <S4> Oh, lovely. Must have been very expensive.

16 <S1> Oh, no, not at all. No, we, uh, found a place online that, uh, repurposes

17 diamond drill bits.

18 <S2> We did not. Thats not true. Can I speak to you alone for a second?

19 <S1> Oh, sure.

20 <S2> It came from Tiffanys.

21 <S1> You mean the box, right?

22 <S2> Keep walking.

23 <S5> Really doesnt matter to me how much he spent on the ring. I think.

24 <S1> Did I misspeak about the ring?

25 <S2> Yes, and well get back to that. But, uh, even with your mother here, you are

26 deliberately hogging all the attention from my mom. Youre like one of those
27 elephant seal pups that steals the milk from two mothers.

28 <S1> Do you mean what marine biologists refer to as super weaning?

29 <S2> Yes, you are a super weaner.

30 <S1> Well, now I have to correct you. As a bit of an elephant seal buff, the more

31 accurate comparison would be when two mother seals actively seek to nourish

32 the same pup. So I believe the term youre looking for is a double mother suckler.

33 <S2> Yeah, youre right. That is the term Im looking for. You are a dirty double mother
34 suckler.

35 <S1> Okay, well, now that we have the terminology straightened out. How dare you.

36 <S1> Were not in a rush. Well set a date when the time is right.

37 <S3> It doesnt matter, sweetie. The moment a man lays with a woman, they are married

38 in the eyes of the Lord.

39 <S4> Uch.

40 <S3> Uch? The bible is uch to you?

41 <S4> No, Im sorry. That was inappropriate. As a psychiatrist, I know how important

42 peoples superstitions can be to them.

43 <S3> You want to talk about superstitions? Sheldon sent me the books you wrote, all that

44 nonsense about superegos and ids. What bull dropped that on the barn floor?

45 <S4> His name is Sigmund Freud.

46 <S5> Hey, look at that. You both believe in Jewish bearded guys.
47 <S3> Stay out of this.

48 <S5> Mm-hmm.

49 <S3> At least the bearded man that I believe in preaches love and compassion. All yours

50 talks about is why you hold in your poop and want to crawl back inside your mama.

51 <S4> Its fascinating. How can someone as enlightened as Sheldon come from someone

52 like you?

53 <S3> I know the answer. Youre not gonna like it.

54 <S4> Try me.

55 <S3> When I was pregnant with Shelly, I was driving to church, and I was praying to the

56 Lord to give me a son smarter than his dumb-ass daddy. And I looked over and I

57 saw a Jesus bobblehead in the Subaru next to me nodding yes. What is that

58 supposed to mean?

59 <S4> It means, I cant believe were having this conversation.

B) COMMENT- ELABORATION

C) Examples/Details/Explanations:

EXAMPLES DETAILS EXPLANATIONS

Line 3-4: Well, I had just Adverbs Operate as intensifiers. Also
begun puberty. It was modifying whole
figuratively and literally one prepositions
of the hairiest moments of my
life.
Line 7: Hey, sorry, got caught Delexical verb These are common in
up at work. Hi, Beverly. informal language
Line 16-17: Oh, no, not at all. Back Channel Sounds. Not full words.
No, we, uh, found a place
online that, uh, repurposes
diamond drill bits.

Line 47: Stay out of this. Deixis

Line 19: Oh, sure. Discourse markers

Line 15: Oh, lovely. (IT) Must Elipsis Prevent repetition

have been very expensive.
f) Table

LINE ADVERBS BACK- DEIXIS DELEXICAL DISCOURSE ELIPSIS

NUMBER CHANNEL VERBS MARKERS
3 x
7 x
15 x
16 x
19 x
25 x
39 x
40 x
47 x
48 x
59 x
 Conclusion

- Summary of objectives and approach of your investigation

- Major findings of this paper
- Needed future work in the field

Para finalizar podemos indicar que los objetivos se cumplieron a cabalidad ya que
pudimos identificar cada uno de los tipo de las weas que pedia( mencionar
algunos)