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Individuals change the way in which they talk depending on who they are conversing with. For instance, teens will utilize exceptionally informal dialect when chatting with their associates, while they will utilize more endorsed dialect when speaking to grown-ups. An example of the sorts of things that informal dialect contains is the utilization of non-standard language structure. With the use of slang and non-standard sentence structure the speaker makes the dialect a great deal more loose and casual. Oppositely, by adopting a more standard language structure and using more complex vocabulary, they can present a formal pitch. The two transcripts given show numerous instances of the route in which teens take in order to adjust their language and suit the crowd.

Transcript ‘A’ showcases how an extremely casual pitch is created when conversing with friends. The utilization of non-standard sentence structure indicates that the two individuals are acquainted with one another. This is evidently demonstrated by the line "Well, I finished some modification right". In the example indicated, the expression "Right" at the end of the sentence is an example non-standard structure, it rather acts as a method of letting the audience know that the discussion is set to proceed. On the contrary, the discussion between the student and the Head teacher displays how the student utilises standard syntax. For example the phrase, "I need to chat to yo u about the school uniform." enables the speaker to seem more sophicated and knowledgeable which would have gone if they had employed slang terms, or a non-standard sentence structure. The casual exchange between the two teenagers in transcript ‘A’ presents occurrences of ellipsis, while transcript ‘B’ d...

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...ed by speakers to allow themselves opportunity to ponder what they are going to say, without misplacing 'their turn' in the discourse. The utilization of fillers is a characteristic of spontaneous dialogues. For instance, Transcript ‘A’ contains alot of fillers in line 11 with the sentence: "Er, perhaps." This shows that the speaker needs to think about what he is about to say however does not want the discourse to go amiss from the subject, or for him to lose his turn. Then again, Transcripts ‘B’ has samples of stops for the speaker to consider what they are about to say. For example, in line 12, there is a 2 second stop at the start of her sentence to allow him to think over his reply. The utilization of delays rather than fillers enables the speaker to say something more intelligent and sturtucted, which makes them look more intelligent in front of their audience.

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