arrrggghhhh! scripted and unscripted speech!

hey peeps

having a bit of a panic, yet again about my AS english lang essay! :eek:

i have to write about scripted and spontaneous speech. eg: differences, similarities, components etc

HELP ME PLEASE! :pcguru:

thanks guys, knew i could count on you! :tee:

Reply 1

leannemarie

Spontaneous speech - need to be talking about stuff like discourse markers, non-fluency features, hesitation, repetition, self-correction, fillers, utterances, colloquialism, cliches, slang etc
scripted speech - less non-fluency features (say why i.e. if you're reading a TV script, it would be hard to understand if everybody said "ummmmm" all the time)

Reply 2

Kalypso

and maybe you could also say something about situations when people try to blur the differences between the two - e.g. when tv presenters read off an autocue they quite often try to appear as if the are speaking sponaneously when the majority of their speech is actually scripted. :smile:

Reply 3

leannemarie

You need to discuss context as well - when these situations occur, paralinguistic features and prosodics. You should discuss the relationship between the speaker and how this affects the conversation.

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