Many people have asked for links to the clips we've looked at in class:
Here is a list of clips:
Graham Norton Jimmy Carr - Accents
Graham Norton Salma Hayek
Graham Norton Will Smith
Jonathan Ross Jay Z
Jonathan Ross Will Smith
Jonathan Ross Usain Bolt
Jonathan Ross Stephen Fry
David Letterman Boris Johnson
Jimmy Fallon Zach Galifinakis
Some others you may wish to view:
Jonathan Ross Lady Gaga
Graham Norton Gerard Butler
Remember the devices you can look for:
Overt Covert Prestige Language
Grice's Maxims
Spontaneous Features
Paralinguistic / Prosodic Features
Language Devi......
Writing about Spoken Language
A number of people have asked me how you have to write about the Spoken Language Study. Again it is a case of analysis and evaluation but instead of zooming in or out of written work you are zooming in and out of the spoken word.
Analysing spoken language is similar to analysing a novel as you are still looking for devices / techniques but and you are evaluating its success against its purpose. See this post for more details: Spoken Language Study
We've agreed that a chat show should:
Give information to the wider audience and entertain them.
Give celebrities the opportunity to sell themselves......
