Chapter three of Chaika, the author talks about the different styles of speech. It mentioned that each society has its own rules of politeness, but it can be taken differently by anyone depending on the style of speech. One of the terms mentioned in the chapter that I connected to was voice quality. In the chapter it says, the voice we use isn't necessarily the one we are born with. Each person is born with a variety of voices, in which we choose one to be our base or normal voice. I think this is really important, because I have observed this everyday. We may speak to one person in a higher pitch, but the next person may hear a totally different voice. The voice we adopt may be the one we use in a social setting, but can change depending on the setting or event.
In relation to the S.P.E.A.K.I.N.G. acronym, I believe the term voice quality can be applied to it in a variety of ways. The setting would be where ever the conversation is taking place. Participants are those involved int he conversation. Event would be whatever was happening during the time the conversation was taking place. Act would be the way in which the people involved spoke to one another. Key was little more difficult for me to place, but I would say it's when the one of the people changed the the pitch or quality of the voice and maybe the mood they were in when talking. Instrumentality....I'm not exactly sure if I can place that anywhere using this term in this context. Norm would be the way the spoke to each other using their "normal" voices and changing around others or in a different gathering. And the Genre depends on the story or whatever they were speaking to each about whether adventurous or jokingly.
