To research the result of this question to the best of my ability the research I plan to do is recording my brother, A(12), in different social situations (watching TV, meal times, etc.) where adults in our family (C and P; parents) will be present to compare their language. By doing this I can create transcripts of what I’ve recorded to examine the language used by my subjects closely to answer the questions I’ve set myself for this experiment. The different techniques I plan to focus on to answer my title question are:
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Who has the most power? - my prediction at this stage will be C and P will have the status of power as they will probably ask more questions and control the conversation topics to keep A talking instead of stopping or getting distracted by something else perhaps.
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What language techniques do C and P use when talking to A? - my prediction at this stage is they will mainly use Tag Questions, possibly Repetition on occasions and Fillers could occur too if they take time to plan a response if A uses Tag Questions too during my investigation.
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What does A use when speaking to C and P? - my prediction at this stage is A may use Tag Questions as well if he takes charge of the conversation in places, Reptition of a story he told either C or P in one transcript and tells again later on to the other; I also predict A will use Fillers too as I know he uses them before my investigation when asked to remember something that happened previously.
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Who speaks /starts the conversations more, C and P or A? - my prediction at this stage is A will talk the most, even though I predicted C and P will have the Power during the investigation I already know A to be very talkative once he gets going so I predict A will be the one to talk the most but C and P will start the conversations more often than A will.
The links I’ll need to clearly show:
Theory and Research
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Use my theory as a starting point guide to begin with but if the data begins to point towards another theory the research will show I’ve stuck to my first thought until my data proved me incorrect and I changed what I was doing to get an accurate result of the experiment.
Hypotheses
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Declare the Hypotheses near the beginning and keep referring back to them as I discover more from my data, this will either help me prove my Hypotheses right or incorrect depending on what the Hypotheses are and on the results from the data.
Techniques/Frameworks/Key Questions
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I could predict a few examples the subjects may use during the recordings and when going over all the Techniques they used I can confirm if I was right or wrong with what I predicted. It may be difficult to predict Key Questions as I’m hoping to get a verity of situations for my data so Key Questions may depend on the environment the subjects.
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