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Activity 22

a) 9
b) 5

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Activity 23

payment ... with the payments we need you to give
should be paid ... should be paid straight to us
payment ... payment to us
being sent ... being sent to us
cannot be done ... with us cannot be done
is not received ... is not received to us
will not be ordered ... will not be ordered from us
cooperation ... cooperation with us
will be much appreciated ... will be much appreciated to us

Activity 24

I can tell these participants have a friend type relationship due to the language, and the taboo words, that wont be seen as expectable language to other readers. Also the 'x' at the end of some sentences suggest their friend or partner type of relationship. B seemed to be more dominant than A, so this can suggest the higher in status between the two, as it seemed that A put in more of an effort to keep the conversation friendly, this is why I think A is a girl due the 'x' and friendliness.

Their was a lexical wording or words like 'bastard' , 'nicked', this is seen as a cockney London spoken language, this could suggest the background of the characters. Their was no capital letters at names, or even full stops, this explains the relaxation between the two and how informal it is.

Theory B ad it gave background information on some key terms used in the text