Write about some of the interesting "moves" or language features you notice in the Gaming transcript. What Discourses do Ch and B seem to belong to? What evidence do you have that they belong to those Discourses? What research questions might you ask about what is going on in this transcript? (One important criterion for a good question for a set of data is that there is evidence in the data to support an answer.)
Ch is gathering information by asking questions but is also careful to reassure the interviewee about the confidentiality of the interview.
Ch tries to use language that Ch feels will make B comfortable.
S did you tell your mom [Makes a joke]
S Exactly [shows approval]
S/CH set the tone and the language appropriateness level
S oh that's really funny it backfired on both of you
A it was kind of embarassing, we were like eeuuew, we go to church with him, he's old,
S that's really funny, how old were you then
[Here S is using rather informal language]
Ch so you know lots of software [non standard English]
Some elements of secondary discourse are present only for the purposes of having a common language to refer to.
Ch So the internet course helped you to learn how to explore?
M I guess so, how to research on how to use the computer for research
Ch did it help you with exploring programs
M not really programs, no
Ch So how would you learn a program now?
M Ask somebody
Ch You still wouldn't go through the menu bar and see what each of the tools did, and you know because you can hover over it, or you wouldn't open them up and just play with it
M I might, but I would probably ask somebody
Ch Would you read somethihg
M I would read, yeah. I would read the help things
When M was not providing much information, Ch resorted to asking more questions in an informal [secondary discourse-like] manner. Simple sentences were used rather than longer explanations.
A yeah, and he was bout 20, and he was like our older brother, too, and we were like, so now we know how you pick us girls, all these girls you met were from the chat room
S that's really funny
A that was a weird story
S that's a funny story, and it's funny, it's like a reprise of the story when you were little, and you gave, but it's um
A well this time it's someone I know and I think we lied about our age, too, so we said, every time we were 14 we'd at 3 or 4 extra years, we wanted to sound older (small laugh) and we would change our screen name so many times, cause we're like 'ahh, we want to have a new personality today'
S laughing
A we're like "pinkgirlloves whatever" or there, like our new boyfriends name, like Angelalovewhateverhisnameis - we changed it every week. What can you do?
Comfort level dictates how much of Primary discourse comes through. Otherwise, secondary discourse is used.
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