English - spontaneous speech terms
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- Created on: 04-05-17 21:37
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2. When two speakers are talking at the same time
- false start
- overlapping construction
- contractions
- repairs
3. seems clumsy when written e.g. 'He don't like prawns (.) seafood and all that'
- non standard forms
- Disjointed construction
- overlapping construction
- ellipsis
4. Shortening two words into one by missing out letters (e.g. isn't)
- elision
- contraction
- fillers
- elipsis
5. When a speaker starts a new construction in the middle of a previous one - they've changed their mind
- false start
- unplanned repitition
- elision
- fillers
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