Analysis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4GjPlR6BAE

For my analysis, I have chosen my own clip, which is the video of a little boy attempting to say 'Peanut Butter' and a variety of other words. What particularly amused me with this clip is that the pronunciation of the particular words were different to what other toddlers may say, through the use of non-standard grammar 'bettus' rather than stating the full completion of the word 'peanut butter'. This could perhaps indicate that the child may have been using such amusing language in order to entertain. Because it is posted on well-known sites, such as YouTube, as well as being easily acceptable, we can see there that the audience is for not just little children, but for a multi-audience. For example, adults who may be interested in baby pronunciation may find this amusing, as well as teenagers who could perhaps find this sort of entertainment hilarious, which thus gives the purpose away, in which is predominantly is to entertain groups of individuals who could perhaps have been ‘surfing the web’ and suddenly came across this particular clip.

Since it is a child attempting to speak particular words, this video would highly suit its audience as because, contextually, the use of pauses, fillers, and false starts such as ‘Buutus-butus (.) honey’ as well as the paralinguistic features such as the laughter and smiles this could highly appeal to a wide range of groups and would suddenly realise that the child may not have the ability to fluently pronounce 'Peanut butter' and instead states the noun 'Honey' in order to perhaps try and gain laughter from others within the room. The use of the multiple interrogatives 'You want me to do it? you want me to fix it?' suggests a sense of reassurance upon the child, therefore in terms of theory, this can show some elements of Language and power through the use of repetition, for instance, as the child demanded his mother to fix it, the mother immediately gave in and allowed herself to feel inferior due to the child's age.