Jk Spoken Language

Firstly, the first clip I analysed was the ‘Childhood’ clip from the ’60 Minutes’ interview, and overall the first things I noticed were that she talked very fast throughout the interview with no pauses between words – like she wanted to get it over and done with, as well as the fact she shakes her head a lot at the ridiculous, irrelevant questions being asked. Her fillers and filled pauses throughout the interview (repetition of “erm”) shows her nervousness, and how she is putting off the question, and giving her time to think about whether or not she should answer that and how. In addition, her idiolect and provincial language is very informal during the interview- for example: “boy are you happy”.
During the first part of the interview, J.K. uses the word “whatsoever” which tells me that no matter what, she wouldn’t want to go back to her childhood. Then she goes on to say “I - I mean erm I wouldn’t go back if you paid me.” This shows hesitation and that she is thinking about how she words things so she doesn’t give more information and thoughts away …show more content…
Although, her spoken language shows some hesitation, like she does not want to give too much away just yet – “grid this is the grid of”, the repetition shows her hesitation. J.K. Rowling goes on to speak quite quickly and uses the word “wanna”, a slang word. There are two reasons why she could have used the word, the first of which being that she is relaxed talking about her book but then she has realised that there could be a chance of giving clues away about her plan. The second reason being that she doesn’t want to give anyone enough time to read the spoilers in the notebook; therefore she speaks very fast and uses slang words to shorten her

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