Oleanna language terminology

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Co-operative exchange between speaker, e.g question and answer
Adjacency pairs
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Also known as discourse markers, e.g "well", "so", "anyway" - shows speaker is going off topic
Adverbials
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Setting topic of discussion
Agenda setting
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Self-correcting by filling in detail missed earlier
Backtracking
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Use of informal words and phrases
Colloquialism
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Use of co-ordinating clauses (clause joined by connectives) e.g "and", "but", "however"
Compound strings
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Expressions that depend on context for meaning, e.g "she" instead of Susan
Deictics
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Changing topic in own speech
Digression
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Contraction/abbreviation so that parts of word are not pronounced, e.g "you're", "gotta"
Ellision
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Swear words
Expletives
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Speaker changes direction or begins again
False starts
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"Er", "um" - indicates a speaker hasn't finished
Fillers
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Vague, less certain language
Hedges
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Pauses and micropauses
Hesitations
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Mini exclamation, e.g "Oh! God!"
Interjections
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Non-standard grammar, minor sentences
Incomplete sentences
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Words/phrases used to signal understanding between speaker and listener
Markers of sympathetic clarity
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Sentences lacking verb, subject or both, e.g "yes", "good lord",
Minor sentences
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Words/phrases used to check speaker is listening
Monitors
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One speaker starts before another finishes
Overlaps
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Silences or gaps that disrupt fluency of speaker
Pauses
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Ritualistic language, where function overrides total meaning
Phatic communion
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Statements that end with a question, e.g "isn't that right?"
Tag questions
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Direct ref. to listener, e.g "mum", "Your honour".
Terms of address
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Card 2

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Also known as discourse markers, e.g "well", "so", "anyway" - shows speaker is going off topic

Back

Adverbials

Card 3

Front

Setting topic of discussion

Back

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Card 4

Front

Self-correcting by filling in detail missed earlier

Back

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Card 5

Front

Use of informal words and phrases

Back

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