‘Eating In Paris’ , Isabelle, Mike And Sophia

Question 1

Genre and mode

Answer 1

-Transcript of a spoken conversation.

Question 2

Text producer and text receiver

Answer 2

-Each other, closed audience.

Question 3

Variation, register and representation

Answer 3

-Informal and colloquial.

Question 4

Lexis and semantics

Answer 4

-Colloquial adjectives “dodgy” and emphatic fillers “basically” demonstrate their age.
-Vague language from Mike and Sophia indicates a lack of factual grounding through voiced hesitations and indefinite pronouns.
-Isabel uses proper nouns to demonstrate solid knowledge.
-Adverbial intensifiers “really” “very” reflect strong opinions and adds an enthusiastic approach to food.

Question 5

Grammar

Answer 5

-Uses mainly interrogatives for Mike and Sophia reflecting their unfamiliarity mirroring the audience linking to context “did you?” “is that what..”
-Declaratives for Isabel sharing her opinion.
-The contrast in sentence types reflects context.
-Syndetic listing used to inform Mike and Sophia.
-Elliptical sentences show uncertainty.

Question 6

Phonetics

Answer 6

-Isabel uses prosodic stress “fine cuisine” to emphasise Mike and Sophia’s view as purely an opinion; she uses it to correct whilst Mike uses it to emphasise his view.
-frequent laughter punctuate and demonstrates unity between the speakers.
-No planned intonation or plosives.

Question 7

Graphology and mode

Answer 7

-Spoken mode yet written down.

Question 8

Pragmatics

Answer 8

-Isabel has the highest levels of embodied knowledge and schema due to her living in Paris throughout her childhood.
-This is exaggerate by Mike and Sophia often being the ones to ask questions.

Question 9

Narrative and discourse

Answer 9

-Isabel often attempts to topic manage by relaying anecdotes, she is not afraid to challenge Mike and Sophia on their preconceptions of Parisian cuisine.
-Colloquial due to the opinionated and unplanned nature of the recorded conversation.
-Conflicting opinions over the culture throughout.