'My father and mother

(he could have said parents but his intentions were to emphasize who) told me to stay after

my dream. (Emotional) And I've officially accomplished the best thing in this sport’

Jeffrey's speech:

This guy, Jason , represents everything that's great about this sport' (not any sport) the

Philadelphia eagles. Unbelievable leader, teammate, proven winner, fan favorite... But also ,

(lexical grammatical conjunction; semantic meaning: refers to most important information

emphasis on the next sentence.) 'like no other athlete that we've had or rarely seen in the

city.

Someone, (reference to Jason) who really captured the essence of what it's like to be a

Philadelphian.

Captured is the main word and it refers not only to capturing the essence but also to capture

the heart of the public.

Types of words:

Compound word: teammates

Division [C] (Noun)

A group of teams or competition in a sport competition who compete against each other.

Teammate: Compound word.

Different meanings when they are separated.

Officially: suffix-ly (Adv) of the adj official.

Unbelievable: Prefix -Un (Adj)

The participants include the team (the Philadelphia Eagles), Jason Kelce, the fans, the media, and Jeffrey Lurie (the CEO of the Philadelphia Eagles).

The video is directed toward Eagles fans and a broader remote audience, because it is shared on YouTube

It is spoken language.

The first, being Travis Kelce, delivers a speech marked by frequent pauses, audible breaths, and sobbing, as a result of his emotional state. This disrupts typical phonological flow, at 2.19, we can hear the speaker saying “after my dream” with a quick and weak release, making it almost inaudible. His vowels are lengthened due to emotion, while consonants weaken. His cracked voice, on key words such as father, mother and dream keep on highlighting his emotions. In contrast, Jeffrey Laurie's speech is controlled, calm, and with pauses for rhetorical effect, for example in “This guy Jason represents everything that's great about the Philadelphia Eagles (pause) unbelievable leader, teammate…” . Jeffrey gives more emphasis to “Unbelievable, teammate, great”, these words are used to highlight Kelce’s role and how important he was to Philadelphia Eagles.

Kelce’s speech is interrupted by sobs and pauses, while Laurie maintains steady articulation, this may highlight their different roles, Kelce emotional as a player, and Laurie controlled as a CEO should be.

Focusing on syllables:

Monosyllabic:

“Thing” and “guy” are nouns

Disyllabic:

“Mother”, “Father”, and “Teammate” are nouns and follow the tendency of being stressed in the first syllable. Oo.

Polysyllabic:

“Philadelphia” is a noun and follows the stress OoOo, having it stress in the first and third syllable.

On the other hand, the word “Scholarship” (noun) follows the stress Oooo, as it ends in the suffix -ship which will always be unaccented.