T: You’re forward. I like it! Your profile says your feisty … ;) x
As you can see T ignores the question about meeting up, this shows that T is trying to play hard to get and play a bit of banter. He then uses a prosodic feature of the usually “!” to emphasis that he likes that she is straight forward. He then recreates a non- fluency feature which is the ellipsis “…” to emphasis the cheekiness he is trying to get across to S. he then ends the ellipsis with the paralinguistic feature “’;)” to give the impression that he likes her back he does the wink to show he is trying to flirt back. He then gives her an “x” to show kindness back but notice he doesn’t give 2 x’s this time as he noticed she only gave him one “x”.
S: I can be! Sooo… where would you like to meet then? X
S uses the prosodic feature of “!” to emphasis the excited. The ellipsis “…” is shown to suggest she is keen on meeting T up and doesn’t want T to change the subject about meeting up. She then uses the paralinguistic feature “ x” to show she is trying to be kind and not be too keen and rude towards T.
T: Highgate inn at 7pm. Catch you later.
T then replies with an immediate answer and does not give S any flirty talk from when she said “I can be!” notice how T does not give any kisses back. And notice how T has more power in this conversation as he has the power of telling S when and what time they are meeting.
S: Yes. That is fine.
From this reply you can notice that because T didn’t give an kiss S did not reply with a X either this also is a sign that T has the most power in this conversation.
S to her bestfriend D on facebook.
S:OMG! he actuali gave me his numba – ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! Wtf!!! Now I hav2go n im scared!!?
Prosodic features used a lot in this sentence “ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!” “!!?” suggests she is really excited and nervous at the same time. Abbreviation used in this “OMG!” used in capital letters to suggest that she is excited the “omg” shows that S & D are good friends (nice girly conversation) another acronhym used with “wtf” the purpose of using acronyms is for efficiency, (so she can say a lot in a sentence In a faster way)
D: nonono dnt wori ppl do this all the time. Jst make sure u meet sumwhere public jst incase hes a weirdo :s
The repetition of the word “no” emphasises that she does not want S to think like that. She then ends that sentence a paralinguistic feature “” to make her keep calm and relaxed. She then uses a lot more phonetic language then data 1 in this whole sentence an example of this is “jst or sumwhere” then ends with another paralinguistic feature of “:s”
S: I kno!!! This is mental
The “!!!” shows she is excited.
S: oh god he just sed he liked my profile pic
Phonetic spelling used again “sed” for efficiency
S: arghhhhh!
Paralinguistic features used so show she is anxious and scared.
S: hello?
S says “hello?” to show she is really worried and wants her friend to answer so she can calm her down and also so she can talk to her friend to find out what she could say next.
D: sorri hun yes yes im listening. Thts great u do look hot in that pic
D uses phonetic spelling, she says “hun” suggests they are good friends, and this suggests that she is helping her out.
S: nooooooooooo
Prosodic features being used.
D: so wot did u txt back?
D is trying to keep her on track. As you can see she is using textual spelling.
S: I said he woz a charma! LOL :o…
S uses modern slang to communicate with D she uses an acronym in capital letters to show excitement (acronym shown to be only for younger people, the older generation cannot understand this type of writing)
D: and…?
“…” ellipsis non- fluency features.
S: ono he jst txt me and didn’t leave a kiss – wot does that mean
“Ono” >could be linked to an accent. This sentence has no prosodic features in it which suggests she is quite disappointed with the reply she got.
S: helllooo?
She is really anxious to get a reply from her friend so her friend can give her advice.
S: well fine jst ignor me thn
She uses phonetic spelling in this to give an impression that she is upset for her friend late replying.
D: nono sorry im listenin bt my internet jmd. Sorry sorry sorry
Repetition showing she is sorry
S: I WAS JOKING
Prosodic feature is shown as S has replied with capital letters to show she was joking along with a paralinguistic feature.
D: OMG DON’T DO THAT !!!!!!!!
D then replies with prosodic features as she too has capital letters with a paralinguistic feature of a smiley face.
