1. Argos catalog boys and girls toys
2 . International football match on tv and on radio. The difference might be in who is presenting it rather than the what they are presenting.
3. Cbeebies magazine and the times magazine
4. A transcript of a teacher on the first day and transcript of a teacher mid year
Friday, 21 June 2013
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Apprentice Transcript
The data
contains a mixture of politeness strategies. The piece contains features of
both bald on record and positive politeness and negative politeness. The use of
these features to some extent may be used in access or artificially because of
the fact that the participants of the conversation are on reality TV show and
exaggerate their behavior for ratings.
The text
is a transcript between Alan sugar and his employees. Alan is the powerful
participant in the unequal encounter as he uses bald on record strategies such
as the interruption and the use of formulation.
“Male 1:
I was the project manager I lost money but the reason I lost money (.) and I
could’ve made a fortune in that shopping centre this morning if we started this
morning /because/
AS:
/could’ve/ (.) could’ve (.) yea could’ve (.) should’ve would’ve (.) yea but you
didn’t (.) right”
Being the
powerful participant in the interaction allows Alan to take advantage of the
power asymmetry and threatens the face of the less powerful participants. His
power is personal as he is in a sense their boss.
The other
form of power in the text is the use of influential power from the female
character. Female: sir alan may I say one more thing please (4)
AS: if
you insist
Female: I
think in this whole competition (.) if you sit back and remain quiet and under
the radar (.) people assume their safe and I’ve been bold and I know I’m vocal
and that /puts me/
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