Catherine Tate and David Tennant spoken laguage
In this essay an analysis will be made to show how both power and authority play an important role in speech. The clip I am using takes place in an English classroom, with a battle of power and authority taking place between a student, Lauren Cooper, and a teacher, Mr Logan.
In this clip Mr Logan begins with the most authority because he is a teacher, but from the first question Lauren asks, “Are you English, Sir?” it is clear that she is trying to stir him from his position of authority. She asks these pointless questions to determine the fact that she doesn’t care for anything that he is saying. This is a very common stereotype within teenagers because we are often portrayed as being unconcerned by what people say to us. We also use a lot of paralinguistic features to get our emotions across, Lauren does this by slouching, kissing her teeth and sighing, this again shows how uninterested she is by what Mr Logan has to say. Teenagers use these techniques to gain authority by staying calm when the teacher is losing their nerve. Lauren also uses timing and turn taking to interject in with her pointless questions while Mr Logan is in the middle of his sentences, to antagonize Mr Logan so that he loses his temper, also causing him to have lost his authority.
Mr Logan walks in with the most power and authority; he stays calm when answering Lauren’s questions, and gives her no satisfaction within how he answers. He says to her “okay whatever you want.” This shows her that he is unfazed by what she says. Within doing this it helps him to retain his power. It is shown within this first conversation that Mr Logan is very confident and at the top of the hierarchy, this is because even when Lauren mocks him about where he is from and how he speaks, “but I can’t understand what you’re saying sir”, he uses no fillers when speaking to show that he isn’t weak or anxious. Throughout the clip Mr Logan shows most of his emotions through his facial expressions. As Lauren begins to
In this clip Mr Logan begins with the most authority because he is a teacher, but from the first question Lauren asks, “Are you English, Sir?” it is clear that she is trying to stir him from his position of authority. She asks these pointless questions to determine the fact that she doesn’t care for anything that he is saying. This is a very common stereotype within teenagers because we are often portrayed as being unconcerned by what people say to us. We also use a lot of paralinguistic features to get our emotions across, Lauren does this by slouching, kissing her teeth and sighing, this again shows how uninterested she is by what Mr Logan has to say. Teenagers use these techniques to gain authority by staying calm when the teacher is losing their nerve. Lauren also uses timing and turn taking to interject in with her pointless questions while Mr Logan is in the middle of his sentences, to antagonize Mr Logan so that he loses his temper, also causing him to have lost his authority.
Mr Logan walks in with the most power and authority; he stays calm when answering Lauren’s questions, and gives her no satisfaction within how he answers. He says to her “okay whatever you want.” This shows her that he is unfazed by what she says. Within doing this it helps him to retain his power. It is shown within this first conversation that Mr Logan is very confident and at the top of the hierarchy, this is because even when Lauren mocks him about where he is from and how he speaks, “but I can’t understand what you’re saying sir”, he uses no fillers when speaking to show that he isn’t weak or anxious. Throughout the clip Mr Logan shows most of his emotions through his facial expressions. As Lauren begins to