Language & Technology
This extract is from a transcipt taken from video highlights recorded at the 2010 paralympic world swimming championships. The purpose of the transcipt is to inform and the audience are the public watching this on their television, computer, or on any other technological device.
The discourse structure of the extract follows the common conventions of televised commentaries. This discourse consists of multiple people, in this case the presenter, commentator and Mallory Weggman the paralympic swimmer. The commentator is the one who speaks the most because he is guiding the show and the other speakers. His job is to inform the viewers on what is happening at that second in time. What is different about this transcipt is the lack of interruptions. The reason for this is due to the apparent transitions between sections. Between each person speaking, the camera either changes to a different location or 'lively music plays' alongside a 'variety of images' to likely allow time for the speaker to prepare, or to display to the viewer events that have occurred earlier in the day. This is one of the main benefits of technology, the fact that it allows both images and words to be recorded, and through the use of transmitting all this information to a television it is visually illuminating current events. This would support David Crystals new guise theory because it is different visually than it would be written down. Also the spontaneity of a live recording contrasts to a written text. David Crystal's new guise is in effect due to the rapid improvements in technology.
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