conversation analysis 

Millie: (laughs)
Daisy: (laughs)
Millie: its just gonna be laughs laughs (laughs) (.) hello daisy how are you today
Daisy: (laughs)
Millie: ermm (.) you had a fine day today
Daisy: it was mighty fine (.) mighty fine (laughs) who says that
Millie: (laughs)
Daisy: hows yours
Millie: great (.) just waitin to get a lift (.) but so are you so (.)
Daisy: (laughs) you idiot
























This conversation consists of two people - Millie and Daisy. We can clearly see that Millie is dominating because she started the conversation in the first place by engaging with Daisy, also Millie tends to be the one attempting to begin conversation by using interrogatives to interact with Daisy. The place which this conversation occurred was in a calm and comfortable environment so the speakers were able to relax and not care due to the strong relationship they hold. The speakers use informal Lexis to communicate with each other, showing they have a relaxed relationship towards the other speaker, demonstrating they would most likely be close friends as they tend to laugh a lot which highlights how they're comfortable with each other. The informality exhibits the type of environment they are situated in, due to the casual atmosphere we know they are not in a job setting for example, more a gossip between friends. To add, the hefty amount of - (laughs) used throughout the conversation indicates the low register of the conversation. Throughout the chat we see two utterances between different speakers which have a natural link which complete the idea together - this is called: adjacency pair, we also see - turn-taking in the conversation so they share the speaking roles. The conversation also contains two elision sentences, involving the words: 'gonna', and 'waitin'. Elisions are the slurring together of sounds or syllables to save time, this is also less formal which also helps demonstrate the informality perceived through the informal Lexis used. Another example of showing informality is that the conversation uses hiatus and non-fluency features as well which are devices that interrupt the flow of talk, we see this through the use of 'ermmm' used in the conversation. This would have been used so the speaker was able to think about what she was going to say before blurting out anything random also because the speakers were not prepared so they didn't know what to say, The use of the symbol - (.), to demonstrate a brief pause also helps to show the thought process Millie went through to decide on a question to ask.