Key of English 7 - Speech

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Utterance
Words that come out of one's mouth
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Turn-taking
When speakers naturally take turns during conversation
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Tag question
An interrogative with a phrase on the end that invites a response (e.g. 'the football was good last night, don't you think?')
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Adjacency pairs
Two-part exchanges in conversation which follow a predicted pattern
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Three part exchanges (initiation/response/feedback or follow-up)
Where the second speaker's utterance generates a response from the first speaker
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Closing/pre-closing signals
Indicators which let a speaker know a conversation is about to come to an end
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Topic shifts
When a conversation changes topic due to the use of a topic shifter (e.g. 'by the way')
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Topic loop
When a conversation returns to an earlier topic
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Self-repair
When a speaker realises that they have made a mistake and correct themselves
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Other-repair
When one speaker corrects another speaker's mistake - can be interpreted as face threat.
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Feedback
The way a speaker tells if someone is paying attention to them, may be verbal or paralinguistic in nature
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Back-channeling noises
A non-committal way of providing feedback (e.g. 'mm', 'uh huh')
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Ellipsis
Omission of words within a sentence
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Deixis
'Language that points' - expressions which can only be understood if the context of the situation is known (e.g. use of pronouns)
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Vocatives
Proper nouns of people used as a means of direct address (e.g. 'Sir', 'Miss')
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Interrupted constructions
One construction in speech is abandoned in favor of another
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Disrupted constructions
A continuation of a construction separated by a micropause
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Micropauses
A pause for breath of less than a second in speech
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Timed pauses
Pauses which last longer than a second
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Unintentional repetition
Where words are repeated at the start of sentences to buy time
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Phatic utterance
'Small talk' - general expressions used in speech (e.g. 'hi', 'how's things?')
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Referential utterance
An utterance which expresses information
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Expressive utterance
A type of utterance which conveys emotions and feelings
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Interactional utterance
Utterances delivered in order to achieve a social purpose (e.g. 'Hi, how are you doing?'
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Transactional utterance
Emphasis placed on getting something done
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Paralinguistics
Contextual movements which occur outside of speech
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Latch-on
Where there is no TRANSITIONAL RELEVANCE PLACE (pause between speaker's turns) in speech
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Filled pauses
Mark hesitation in speech (e.g. 'ummmm')
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False start
Where one grammatical structure is changed for another
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Dialect
Specific non-standard English vocabulary associated with a region
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When speakers naturally take turns during conversation

Back

Turn-taking

Card 3

Front

An interrogative with a phrase on the end that invites a response (e.g. 'the football was good last night, don't you think?')

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

Two-part exchanges in conversation which follow a predicted pattern

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Where the second speaker's utterance generates a response from the first speaker

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