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Analysing a Transcript.
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Analysing a Transcript. The first thing noticed when looking at passage five is that although there are speakers, it is no ordinary script. It is a transcript, a verbatim record of spontaneous and everyday speech. Therefore it is not necessarily interesting or exciting, nor is it going to be short in length. There are various factors within the text that verify this. For example, instead of usual punctuation the commas and full-stops are replaced with micro-pauses and timed silences, in this case lasting no longer than two seconds. Another is that the character R is both hesitant and prone to making mistakes during speech, implying that the dialogue is indeed spontaneous. The context of the transcript is not clear, as there are no indications as to when or where the conversation took place, just like there are no documented paralinguistic actions. We find F setting the agenda by inquiring about the...
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