Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Dufour, Nicole M
Author's Email Address	ndufou1@lsu.edu
URN	etd-0703103-143335
Title	Dialogic Dogs and Phatic Felines: Speaking to and through Our Pets
Degree	Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department	Geography & Anthropology
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title M. Jill Brody Committee Chair Miles Richardson Committee Member Rebecca Saunders Committee Member
Keywords	ratified participants discourse analysis repetition
Date of Defense	2003-05-16
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract While many pet owners acknowledge that they speak to their pet, Pet Communication has remained mostly overlooked by researchers. Through discourse analysis, this thesis is an attempt to analyze Pet Communication, which deals with human speech to a pet, about a pet, or through a pet. I analyze data which I transcribed in the waiting room of the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine Small Animal Clinic. Data were collected from conversations that took place between pet owners, between pet owners and the Clinic's staff, pet owners and their pets, and between staff and pets. These data were then analyzed using various linguistic theories including analysis of repetition, frames, kinship, and notions concerning ratification.
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