A Framework for Spontaneous Speech Part 1
FAPC
The main things to consider when writing about spontaneous speech or any speech in general is: Form (How is it structured in terms of presentation?), Audience (Who are the participants?), Purpose (What is the goal of the main speaker?) and Context (Where is this and what is going on? Fancy word, Pragmatics.). Write about how these 4 points appear in the text that you are analyzing, I mean its an easy two paragraphs why shouldn't you?
Oh what? You need more things to talk about? K, I got this.
Structure.
You get to talk about turn taking and expected adjacency pairs which are when people talk one after each other (Although you shouldn't unless the adjacency pairs are being broken because its like saying water's wet if you get me.).
Another thing to discuss are repairs which are like when you repair a thing that you need to clarify. Which is to say, discuss the subject that you just or previously talked about in more detail. You can use repairs to show a speakers enthusiasm about a particular subject.
Interruptions are another feature of spontaneous speech structure that you could ment- They can be used to help identify the social standings of the speakers and can be vital in analysing the relationship between two speakers. This is kinda less important than the other two in a way though, mention it and write that it staggers the flow of the conversation and breaks adjacency pairs, but don't spend too long writing about the actual interruption. The breaking of adjacency pairs is slightly more pertinent in the majority of situations imo.Â
