‘Visiting Paris’: Mike and Sophia Flashcards
context of production
part of a set of multi-speaker and one-speaker discourse about their memories of visiitng or living, mike and sophia born in UK, Isabelle born in France and lived there until she was a teenager
fillers
‘er’
‘erm’
features of spontaneous conversations
genre
spontaneous conversation, multi-speaker discourse
register
informal, amongst friends
audience
mike and sophia
mode
multi-modal, written and spoken
purpose
to discuss their experiences of Paris
subject
discussing their memories of Paris and their experiences, witnessing French stereotypes, negative aspects
back channeling
‘[yeah]’
‘ah’
-indicates their comfort with each other
- trying to meet Mike’s positive face needs, need to feel accepted
representation of Paris/ parisian stereotypes
‘dress so smartly and chic’
‘parisians stand out’
‘a little bit rude’
‘stereotypical French people playing an accordion’
- presents Paris as boujee and desirable
- grouping them together, they’re all desirable
- negative stereotype, determiner ‘little’ is Mike trying to remain polite but also reflects Sophia’s positive face need for her opinion to be liked and accepted
- recognises that he’s recalling a stereotype, implies tourist experience of Paris allows one to encounter stereotypes
hedging
‘cause I…’
‘I feel like sometimes’
- using heding to respect each other’s positive face need over a slight disagreement
false start and repair
‘did you and did you go up to’
‘you actually do do (.) you do see that’
- due to Sophia being excited she has a story that can relate to Mike’s
- Mike is shocked that the stereotype is true
simile
‘like sardines’ (prosodic stress on sardines)
emphasising how chaotic and manic it is, meeting Mike’s positive face needs by engaging in the conversation
