Transcript analysis

In the conversation between person J,F,S and T everyone was equal. The dominance and power within the conversation was negotiated, this is because there was no case of occupational power or any other advantages present because we were all the same age and we are friends. The opening sentence was interrogative and as the conversation began with a question it meant that the dominance at that point in time had been decided. Although person J had answered the first question he didn't necessarily get his question answered as the person he was talking to was distracted (person F) and that meant that he had not received as much dominance within the conversation as he could have had. Person J actually had his face threatened after he had asked his question as person S and T made remarks, only understandable through contextual information, which took the mick out of and was an attempt to steal some of person J's power. Person S was deemed the least powerful/dominant throughout the whole conversation which shows that he was the best listener however he was actually the rudest because he was involved in the most interruptions showing that he desired the power yet didn't receive it. Another interesting fact about person S is that he made the least utterances yet was the most face threatening and spoke over what people had said. This proves that person S didn't get the reaction they so wanted and so they became more reserved throughout the chat. On the subject of utterances person J had the most within the conversation showing that he wanted to be the most dominant and he was successful as he didn't allow himself to become reserved even after his face was threatened. Person F was the most powerful within the conversation as he asked the most questions. He was the most powerful because by asking the questions you are controlling the subject and by controlling the subject of the conversation you are essentially controlling the entirety of the conversation. The level of fillers which were used was high as everyone made one or two laughs throughout the chat showing that the conversation was comical which could mean that many faces were threatened as jokes can sometimes be insulting towards the person you are trying to get a reaction out of however this wasn't apparent and so the laughter could have been used to fill silences which could have made the conversation awkward. Person T made the least pauses however he didn't make any utterances which could mean he had a lot of time to think about what he was going to say and so he spoke more fluently than the others. Person F used much colloquial language within what he had to say as he was the only one to use elision and ellipsis multiple times, this could link to contextual factors as to how he grew up or because of how he was feeling during the time at which I recorded. Finally, person J was also face threatening because he called person F a 'drama queen' and swore during what he had to say (although swearing doesn't link to face threatening it heightened the level of the threatened face because it made what he said even more aggressive. He could have been face threatening because of what happened at the start of the conversation and so he wanted to get the same reaction as person S and person T.