An exploration of the sophistication and richness of the way we modify and elaborate on standard English to enrich our interpersonal communication. First check you've completed Stage 1 Stage 2: Transcribe an instant messaging conversation and annotate it for all...

The first step in our spoken language study is to transcribe our spoken conversation, annotate it for the language features used, and write an initial paragraph explaining this language effect. This post also contains our exemplar transcripts and paragraphs