How does technology effect language

How does technology affect the language?

This text is a transcript of a radio phone in, it is for this reason that majority of the text is spontaneously spoken.  However, there are sections of text spoken by the presenter which are clearly planned. This is due to the fact that what is being spoken is broadcast live to the public and therefore minimal mistakes must be made and there must be a constant flow of conversation.

Throughout the text there is evidence of spontaneous speaking, this is evident from the excessive use of brief pauses the speaker makes whilst answering questions. The speaker clearly wants to express all of his views on education and so he is rushing his words an expel of this is when he says ‘mod (.) modern’ the stutter repairs used here portray the speakers anxiousness to speak correctly and show how he is rushing his words out in order to say as much as he can under the time limit.

The discourse structure of the text shows the presenter has the most power, this is shown through the presenters use of language for example he begins with a clear opening ‘Dennis morning to you’ which is then followed by Dennis’s reply ‘good morning’. This use of adjacency pairs continues throughout the text and shows how the presenter is clearly in charge of what the conversation is about. Another example of this is when the presenter interrupts Dennis this is shown he has authority over Dennis and is under a time limit. The teacher has maximum of quantity as he appears to speak too much we know this because he rambles on causing the presenter to interrupt him, the presenter has to do this because the audience may easily loose interest .