Non-verbal sounds that can act as pause in speech, either naturally or to give the speaker thinking time. May signal speaker uncertainty, e.g. "Er, Um"
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Hedging
A strategy used to aviod directness or to minimise a potentially face-threatening act. E.g. "Kind of, sort of maybe, perhaps, possibly, and modal verbs such as - will, could, might"
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Turning taking
The sharing of speaking roles, usually cooperatively
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Tag questions
We use tag questions at the end of statements to ask for confirmation. They mean something like: "Am I right?" or "Do you agree?"
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Adjacency pair
Two utterances by different speakers which have a natural and logical link, and complete an idea together; a simple structure of turns.
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Card 2
Front
A strategy used to aviod directness or to minimise a potentially face-threatening act. E.g. "Kind of, sort of maybe, perhaps, possibly, and modal verbs such as - will, could, might"
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Hedging
Card 3
Front
The sharing of speaking roles, usually cooperatively
Back
Card 4
Front
We use tag questions at the end of statements to ask for confirmation. They mean something like: "Am I right?" or "Do you agree?"
Back
Card 5
Front
Two utterances by different speakers which have a natural and logical link, and complete an idea together; a simple structure of turns.
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