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20 Cards in this Set
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Accelerando |
A term used to describe speech that is getting faster (marked accel). |
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Accent |
The distinctive manner of pronouncing language associated with a particular region, social group etc. |
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Acceptable |
A term used to describe any language that native speakers feel is allowed. |
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Accomadation |
A term used to describe the changes people make in their speech, prosodic features and gestures in order to emphasise or minimise he differences between them. |
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Adjacency Pair |
A sequence of two connected utterances by different speakers one after another.
E.g Question-Answers Greeting-Compliments Command-Action |
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Back Channeling |
Interactive features such as minimal responses (e.g mm, yeah, ahh) demonstrating a participant is listening and paralinguistic features (e.g laughter) that show affirmation but does not disturb the speakers turn. |
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Caretaker Speech |
The distinctive speech adults use when they talk to young children. |
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Caretaker Speech |
The distinctive speech adults use when they talk to young children. |
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Comment Clause |
A commonly occurring clause in speech which adds a remark to another clause (e.g I mean, I think). |
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Colloquialism |
An informal word, phrase or pronunciation, often associated with informal speech. |
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Context |
The circumstance in which speech takes place. |
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Convergence |
The process in which two speak adapt their language and pronunciation to reduce the difference between them. |
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Dialect |
A language variety with distinctive lexis and grammar used by speakers with common social, regional or cultural backgrounds. |
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Dialect levelling |
The reduction in differences between dialects caused by language contact and mass media. |
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Dialect levelling |
The reduction in differences between dialects caused by language contact and mass media. |
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Discourse |
Any spoken language longer than a sentence. |
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Dialect levelling |
The reduction in differences between dialects caused by language contact and mass media. |
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Discourse |
Any spoken language longer than a sentence. |
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Discourse Markers |
Words or phrases that stand outside the clause and acts as fillers, topic changers, hedges etc. E.g. Well, right, y'know, I mean, basically. |
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Divergence |
The process in which two speakers adapt their language and pronunciation to increase the differences between them. |
