UV I am coming from………
UX Not information available.
2.6 Speech Functions
In order to describe the speech functions used in the Communication between Pilot and Master for Berthing and Unberthing at Tanjung Emas Harbour I used the
Speech Function Network of conversation model of Eggins and Slade 1997. They argue that the model shows us how participants choose to act on each other through
their choice of speech function i.e. speech acts, such as “demanding”, “challenging”, “contradicting” or “supporting”, and how participants’ choices function to sustain or
terminate conversational exchanges. The choice of speech function is a key resource for negotiating degrees of familiarity.
Meanwhile in order to capture the more subtle speech function patterns of conversation, the speech function description needs to be extended in delicacy i.e. sub-
classification needs to be more detailed. The speech function classes are shown in the form of a network, where categories at the left hand side are the least delicate.
Movement towards the right can be read as sub-classification, indicating increasing delicacy in the description Eggins Slade 1997:191.
The network has been broken into four sections :
1. Opening speech functions 2. Sustaining continuing speech functions
3. Reacting speech functions : responding 4. Reacting : rejoinder moves.
1. Opening speech functions.
Opening moves are not dependent on prior moves. They function to initiate talk or open a conversation. There are two classes of opening moves: attending
and initiating Eggins Slade 1997:193. Attending moves are opening moves which function to prepare the ground for interaction by securing the attention of
the intended interactant. Attending moves include salutations, greetings and calls. Initiating moves, which initiate conversation can have various functions: to offer,
to command, to give opinion or fact and to question about fact or opinion. The example of an attending move is “ I’m calling”, and an initiating move is “Do
you want the Pilot ladder in combination with the accommodation ladder?”.
2. Sustaining: continuing speech functions.
Sustaining moves keep negotiating the same proposition. Eggins Slade 1997:195 state sustaining talk may be achieved either by the speaker who has
just been talking continuing speech functions or by other speakers taking turn reacting speech functions. A continuing move is used to continue a given move
prior to it. A continuing speaker has three options : to monitor, to prolong or to append. Based on those options the continuing moves are classified into :
a. A monitoring move C: monitor
