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With one extract of your choice, examine how the author uses aspects of real everyday talk in their dialogue.
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With one extract of your choice, examine how the author uses aspects of real everyday talk in their dialogue. This extract of Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding takes place at a party, which in the story, Bridget had been informed was a 'Tarts and Vicars' party. This shows that the conversation is very much public as there are a number of other people around, including the 3 people in the conversation, Bridget, her Aunt Una and Uncle Geoff. The relationship between the speakers is familial yet distant. The language used is very much formal language, despite the informal setting, portraying the upper-middle class the characters are from. This style of language, in this situation particularly, can also show unease, as Bridget has been ridiculed and it is Una's fault. This mirrors everyday talk very well, as people often use a more formal tone when faced with a difficult situation such...
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