Albert: so what are we meant to do again?
Haris: I can’t remember I didn’t really listen
Albert: ah (pauses for 2 secs) are we meant to like (scratches chin, pauses for 2 secs), record our conversations or something?
Haris: Soming like that(pauses for 2 secs) I’m not sure?
Albert: hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm if it is then what should we talk about?
Haris:I dunno anything really
Albert: yeah true (looks up in thought), ah I can’t think
Haris: mh hm (scratches head, pauses for 3 secs) um I dunno
Albert: so?
Haris: I dunno ummmmm yeah yeah let’s just ask sir.
October 9, 2012 at 4:47 pm
This is making progress, Haris. Now it needs the language devices you determine to be interesting to be included in your annotation. Use the glossaries of language terms to help you classify the linguistic elements that deviate from standard English or that you think characterise spoken English