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33 Cards in this Set
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Accent |
the way in which words are pronounced |
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Adjacency pairs |
parallel expression where both rely on each other eg 'how are you?' 'Fine thanks' |
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Back-channel |
words,phrases and non-verbal utterances used by a listener to give feedback that the speech is listened to and understood |
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contraction |
a reduced form marked by an apostrophe in written text |
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Deixis |
words that refer backwards or forwards or outside a text |
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dialect |
distinctive grammar and vocabulary which is a associated with a regional or social use of of language |
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discourse marker |
words or phrases which signal changes in a text |
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Elision |
the omission or slurring of certain syllables |
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Ellipsis |
the omission of part of grammatical structure conveys informal tone 'you going to the party?' |
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false start |
when the speaker begins an utterance but restarts |
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filler |
a voiced pause, carry no meaning but fill in gaps |
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hedge |
words which soften the force of something- 'maybe' 'sort of' |
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idiolect |
an indvidually distinctive style of speaking |
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interactional talk |
language in conversation used for interpersonal reasons or socialisingq |
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non fluency features |
typical and normal characteristics of spoken language that interupt the flow of the speech |
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paralinguistic features |
body language, gestures, laughter |
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phatic talk |
conversationa utterances that have no real purpose- small talk |
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pragmatics |
how context effects meaning |
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prosodic features |
stress,rhythm, pitch, tempo and intonation etc |
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repairs |
an altertion made to correct or clarify someones speech |
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sociolect |
a dialect used by a certain social class |
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tag question |
a strings of words normallly added to a declarative sentence to turn the statement into a question
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transaction talk |
language used to get things done or to transmit content or information |
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turn taking |
speaking between multiple participants with minimum ovewrlap or interuption |
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utterance |
a unit of talk |
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vague language |
statements that sound imprecise and unassertive |
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interuppted construction |
one construction is abandoned in favour of another |
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disjointed construcution |
he knows about computers- how to fix them |
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deletion |
something is left out or got rid of |
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digressions |
moving away from the topic and then back again |
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emphatic stress |
shouting etc |
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non-sequitur |
a comment that is absurd due to lack of meaning in context |
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simutaneous speech |
speech at the same time not considered an interuption |
