Comment:
You have analysed spoken and text-language from a range of different perspectives. You have often touched on some very insightful observations about the differences and similarities between these language forms as well as gone to some depth in exploring how these devices came to be used – and the effect they have. You have a tight, efficient writing style that is well suited to this kind of analysis and you organised your ideas with confidence and clarity.
To develop your work in the future you should:
- Use examples every time you make a point. In this case your essay would have been dramatically improved should you have used examples from the transcript or your own experience to support your points about how people use slang to and abbreviations and communicate paralinguistic features.
- Expand on your examples by naming the language device and then explaining the effect its use has in the actual situation it was used in the example.
- Remove the “I think” from your writing and allow it to confidently stand alone.
Annotated Original Work:
React!