Category Communication

Ralph, Piggy, Samneric meet after the terrible incidents of the last night, Jack’s dance and Simon’s murder. They all deny their involvement in those events other than Ralph who insists it was murder. Jack’s tribe believe that they have killed… Continue Reading →

Robinson Crusoe is a book about a sailors travels across the world despite his father’s discouragement. Upon a voyage, his ship is seized by pirates and he is enslaved until he escapes on a fishing expedition with a slave boy…. Continue Reading →

Ralph seemingly has a strong personality and this is shown in the way he is described as having wide and heavy shoulders. This causes me to imagine him with a strong posture making him look fairly influential. Also, his actions… Continue Reading →

Yetis and unicorns are creatures rumored to have existed for generation upon generation but whether they might actually be around somewhere on the planet is unlikely. The passage we looked at presented the evidence to support the existence of these… Continue Reading →

In an everyday informal conversation it is common for sarcasm to be used. From studying two transcripts of relaxed conversations between similar aged teenagers, I can see that sarcasm has been used by all parties to the conversations. Using sarcasm when… Continue Reading →

There are multiple interesting linguistic features that can be picked out from George Galloway’s interview with Jeremy Paxman. A feature of spoken language that is used throughout the interview, mainly by Jeremy Paxman, is a sardonic tone. At times it… Continue Reading →

Jamal: So yeah, I’ve been watching this erm, I’ve been watching this video on schizophrenia and er – See, I’m only doing this for, er, personal research. Jack: Yeah sure, no, it’s not like you’re worried that you might have… Continue Reading →

Elliott: Ok, well yeah, ok. We should agree to a point where our transcripts match up at the starts. Jack: No – We should – He said to do it at other times so we both have different ones. Elliott:… Continue Reading →

Statistics show that your accent strongly affects your chances of employment. Some accents are considered unfriendly and unintelligent compared to others. For example, someone with a Liverpudlian accent might not find it as easy to get the same job as… Continue Reading →

Parsons, That ‘old hag’ has the comfort of concrete to sleep on. Her only way of eating before returning to her home, a street corner, is to beg. Empathy is clearly not your forte. Frankly, your article is based upon… Continue Reading →