1. Identify a specific speech event and site where you’d like to conduct an “ethnography of speaking.” What is the site?
Coffee shop.
2. What are a few of the specific speech acts people engage in repetitively in the site you’ve chosen?
Ordering, conversation, pleasantries.
3. Record some of the statements you and others made below:
Me, ordering: I'll have a caramel macchiatto, please.
Customer, pleasantries: Thanks for the drink.
Customer, conversation: My friend and I are going down to the lake this weekend.
4. How do the statements above reveal important elements of the components of speech acts?
| Component | Comments |
| Purpose | |
| Message Content | |
| Message Form | |
| Channel | |
| Setting | |
| Tone | |
| Participants | |
| Outcome | |
5. Was the “ethnography of speaking” approach to studying a speech event useful? What did it reveal about the event that you might not have realized otherwise?
It was very useful. By isolating the different types of interaction, I learned that language was a bit more complex than it seemed. The way that one asked for a drink or the way a employee responded varied vastly and changed the tone of the interaction. This exercise allowed me to better understand the complexities of language and the way it is used.
2 comments:
I think you've got a great choice of assessment here and you should definitely stick with it. But I think you could do quite a bit more with it. Try to line up your analysis with the "How to order a drink" one. One thing, for example, that seems clear to me is that ordering coffee has more purpose than just ordering coffee. I don't visit coffee shops often, but when I do I notice the little pangs of pleasure folks get when one of the baristas knows their drink or knows them by name and interacts in a particular way with them. Knowing how to order in a coffee shop makes you fit in better and perhaps conveys some status in the community of the coffee shop, similar to what was going on in the bar.
Try to think and write a bit more deeply on this assessment and I'm sure it will turn out great. You are so very much on the right track.
Be well.
Thanks for the revisions. You've demonstrated mastery of the Language, Speech and Discourse learning unit.
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