English - spontaneous speech terms

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Where you miss vowels, consonants or syllables from words in pronunciation e.g 'avin' or 'wha'
elision
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Shortening two words into one by missing out letters (e.g. isn't)
contraction
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A break in speech filled by a noise like 'um' or 'er'
filled pause
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A break in speech that is silent, usually indicated by (.) or (2)
unfilled pause
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A break in speech filled with whole words or phrases, e.g. 'it's kind of like a kind of fish type thing'
fillers
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Not standard English 'we was there'
non standard forms
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When another speaker seizes the floor in the middle of someone else's utterance
interrupted construction
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seems clumsy when written e.g. 'He don't like prawns (.) seafood and all that'
Disjointed construction
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When two speakers are talking at the same time
overlapping construction
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the speaker does not complete their utterance, e.g. 'i just thought that.....'
incomplete construction
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when things are missing in the grammatical construction of a sentence, e.g. 'saw that band Friday'
elipsis
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When a speaker starts a new construction in the middle of a previous one - they've changed their mind
false start
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When someone corrects themselves when they go wrong, but they don't go back to the beginning of the construction
reapairs
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When you repeat a word or sound unintentionally
unplanned repition
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Card 2

Front

Shortening two words into one by missing out letters (e.g. isn't)

Back

contraction

Card 3

Front

A break in speech filled by a noise like 'um' or 'er'

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

A break in speech that is silent, usually indicated by (.) or (2)

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

A break in speech filled with whole words or phrases, e.g. 'it's kind of like a kind of fish type thing'

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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