Spoken Language
Spoken Language
Spoken Language in my opinion follows a different set of rules to written language in this essay I am going to explore the ways spoken language is used by television interviewers. I will be using the political chat show This Week as an example of the spoken language on TV chat shows. This Week is a political and current affairs chat show broadcasted every Thursday night on BBC one. The show is presented by former editor of the Sunday Times Andrew Neil and is accompanied every week by ex Conservative Party Member Michael Portillo.
This Week in my opinion has a very strong political context, with the purpose of the show being to inform viewers of current events but keep them entertained at the same time. The context of the show is important as it changes the lexis used on the show. Also the context affects the format of the show, as it is a political chat show, there is a set agenda and all the interviewers take turns to speak. Andrew Neil has his own agenda to follow as throughout the show he tries to end discussions abruptly in order to move on to other questions or topics. Also he reads from a set of plaque cards that he holds in his hand throughout the programme.
Although the programme is presumed by the audience to be a political and informative show and the language used on the show would be thought to be Standard English, Andrew Neil does not speak in this way but in a colloquial dialect with plenty of hedges and fillers for example ‘wouldn’t foster with a barge pole’. Since Andrew Neil has been interviewed, as editor of the Sunday Times and, on This Week, been interviewing for a long time, he shows experience by the way that the speed of his talking is constant and the way he transforms fillers into professional dialect. For example in the transcript there seems to be plenty of hedges and fillers in his speech but when listening to him you really need to listen carefully in order to pick them out. Also Andrew Neil and the interviewees
Spoken Language in my opinion follows a different set of rules to written language in this essay I am going to explore the ways spoken language is used by television interviewers. I will be using the political chat show This Week as an example of the spoken language on TV chat shows. This Week is a political and current affairs chat show broadcasted every Thursday night on BBC one. The show is presented by former editor of the Sunday Times Andrew Neil and is accompanied every week by ex Conservative Party Member Michael Portillo.
This Week in my opinion has a very strong political context, with the purpose of the show being to inform viewers of current events but keep them entertained at the same time. The context of the show is important as it changes the lexis used on the show. Also the context affects the format of the show, as it is a political chat show, there is a set agenda and all the interviewers take turns to speak. Andrew Neil has his own agenda to follow as throughout the show he tries to end discussions abruptly in order to move on to other questions or topics. Also he reads from a set of plaque cards that he holds in his hand throughout the programme.
Although the programme is presumed by the audience to be a political and informative show and the language used on the show would be thought to be Standard English, Andrew Neil does not speak in this way but in a colloquial dialect with plenty of hedges and fillers for example ‘wouldn’t foster with a barge pole’. Since Andrew Neil has been interviewed, as editor of the Sunday Times and, on This Week, been interviewing for a long time, he shows experience by the way that the speed of his talking is constant and the way he transforms fillers into professional dialect. For example in the transcript there seems to be plenty of hedges and fillers in his speech but when listening to him you really need to listen carefully in order to pick them out. Also Andrew Neil and the interviewees