1. Setting and Access The opening of the conversation begins with the greeting “Good morning, public information” uttered by the female participant who is the Secretary of the Connecticut police department (labeled “police”) and the male speaker (labeled“Mark”) stating his purpose of making the phone call to the police following his greeting words. Moreover this phone conversation opens with the police sayings “good morning, public information.” Mark, the other participant, as contrary to the police, uses a more casual way of speech as he respond to the police saying “hey, how ya doin?” Police: Good morning=public information. Mark: Hey, how you doin?. Police: I am good=Thank you=How are you?↑ Mark: Alright. This is Mark. I’m just calling …show more content…
°May I have your name and number?↑ Moreover, he assumes that there will be some changes to take place regarding the new gun laws against those who own firearms, whichhe thinks will violate the constitution of the United States. His assumption on the topics leads him to rationalize his argument that the new laws will violate the Constitution of the United States; resulting in him justifying himself that he is doing a right thing to protect his rights on the current gun laws. 4. Lexical and Syntactic Choices In this conversation, the police not only frequently use fillers such as um,well, and you know what sir but also pose pauses and gaps in her speech. As mentioned earlier, due to her position as someone answering the questions and limited availability to access to the information,her reaction to the topic of the conversation is passive and she has a limited range of information to provide on the topic. Moreover, she uses a more formal and polite form of speech as she frequently uses words like sir and may I~. Her use of the frequent fillers and polite form of speech reflect her position with less power and limited availability to provide the information in the …show more content…
Do you have a number that I can ca:ll to get some answer on that? Because that was against constitution of (the) United States. Police: Well(.) I need to take your number and I will have to have someone call you ba::ck. °May I have your name and number sir?↑ Mark: Uh um(2)hh my name is Mark. Police: And can you spe:ll your last name?↑ Mark: I’m not gonna give ya ma last name. My first name is Mark. On the other hand, although Mark uses fillers such uh, he uses more active and overtly challenging and resisting form of words as the transcription shows above. As he fails to get the information he wants, he keeps posing repetitive questions and resistance in providing his personal information, while the police frequently attempt to disclose the conversation by using more persuasive form of speech. 5. Summery and Conclusion The conversation ends with the police starting to say “Ok”, “um”, and winding up saying “Like I said, today they are not going door to door.” By adding the final comment, she is making sure the conversation is disclosed and the structure of the entire conversation is completed. Although she discloses the phone conversation by posing the final words, she lacks the power since Mark already pre-empts his final statement by resisting her offer to call him back and declaring his willingness to call back to gain the information he