English
homework
The aim
of the conversation is to provide information. The tone varies as the police officer
is very formal but the witness is less formal as the witness is just answering
the questions. The form of the writing is a structure interview.
The
writing is a conversation which is a police interview between the officer and witness. The conversation uses transfictional language which is when the
speaker wants to gather information which in this extract is from a police
officer questioning a witness about a car crash. Person A which is the police
officer asks two question which are ‘Did you see what happened?’ and ‘Could you
see if anyone was hurt?’ These simple questions control the conversation due to
the police man having more power than the witness. The interrogative question
is also very specific which gives the interview structure. The formal
conversation allows both people to participate in the conversation as the
police officer needs a response to their questions.
On the
other hand, person B which is the witness who was at the scene uses many types
of filler in his answer. This could be due to the shock from the accident or
the power the person which they are talking to. Examples of the fillers are the
words such as ‘er’. They also use many no fluency features e.g. Hiatus which
are the breaks he uses in his sentences which shows person B is less formal in
their part of the conversation. He also uses taboo language ‘bloody’ which can
suggest the shock from the accident.
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