Field Blog #5

男人之虎詹瑞文─笑爆沙田火車站 1:22 -1:52

G: Girl B:Boy J: Jim Chim

( Only the boy and Jim Chim are talking)

J: I'll keep adding my shows. I'm adding show.

B: I saw it. Your poster has written that.

J: Is it great?

B: Um...

J: Which posters you like most?

B: The Donald Tsang's one

(The girl comes close to them and interpret)

G: Actually, you both can hang up the call.

J: Don't you use the kind of internal network that no need to pay extra money?

B: Used up, needed to pay!

J: Oh, OK. Then hang it on.


J: So, did you watched my show?

B: No.... [G: Yes!]

J: You've watched it already. She's watched it but you haven't. You both are not friend...

B: Why you don't ask me to come along to watch the show?

[All: Laughing...]

Analysis:

Part1 ---

J: I'll keep adding my shows. I'm adding show.

B: I saw it. Your poster has written that.

At the beginning, there are only the boy and Jim and Jim got the floor first by telling the boy he is adding his shows. Then, with a short pause to signal the boy that he is giving up his floor. Next, the boy give a response so that he can got the floor. As there are no third person involve in this conversation, it would be no need for Jim to select who will be the next speaker.


Part 2 ---

G: Actually, you both can hang up the call.

J: Don't you use the kind of internal network that no need to pay extra money?

When the girl came to interpret, she was trying to get the floor from Jim and started a new topic (Hanging up the phone). After her turn, she then used a pause and falling intonation to single that she was ready to give up the floor.

Part 3 ---

J: So, did you watched my show?

B: No.... [G: Yes!]

After that, Jim kept on asking them if they had watched his show before. As there are three people involved in this conversation, and Jim did not select the next speaker. Therefore, both of the two got the floor at the same time and overlapped each other's words.