Spoken Language Features 0.0 / 5 ? English Language & LiteratureSpoken Language FeaturesA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Hannah.GhodbaneCreated on: 30-10-18 12:30 Accent How words are pronounced. 1 of 23 Address How people refer to each other e.g. Mum, Mother, Madam. 2 of 23 Adjacency Pairs Topic of convo (flowing, operation,agreement, dominance etc.). 3 of 23 Agenda Exchange between speakers, connected, expected responses (e.g. patterns, power, co-operation). 4 of 23 Back Channel Words, phrases, non-verbal utterances, agreement, want to hear more (e.g. I see, uh, oh etc.). 5 of 23 Backtracking Going back in a sentence to include info that wasn't included before). 6 of 23 Contraction Omission with apostrophe. 7 of 23 Deixis/deictics Listener knows what and utterance refer to (e.g. this, that, there etc.). 8 of 23 Dialect Speech distinctive to a regional/ social background. 9 of 23 Discourse Markers Words/phrases signal connection between utterances (e.g. first, then, now etc.). 10 of 23 Elision Slurring of 1+ syllables (e.g. gonna, wanna, sorta etc.). 11 of 23 Ellipsis Omission of a part of a grammatical structure (e.g. You alright?). 12 of 23 False Start Speaker starts with utterance, either repeats or rephrases. 13 of 23 Filler Gain thinking time/voiced pause (e.g. er, um). 14 of 23 Hedges Vague words/phrases that soften the force of something said (e.g. maybe, sort of). 15 of 23 Idiolect Features that make-up personal style of speaking. 16 of 23 Monitoring Talk Comment on/understand what's been said, reviews on convo (e.g. Do you see what I mean?, You know?). 17 of 23 Phatic Talk Utterances with stock responses, establish/maintain relationships (e.g. How are you? Fine thank you). 18 of 23 Repair Repeats what's said with correction of an error. 19 of 23 Simultaneous Speech Two speakers overlap speech, impatience, engagement. 20 of 23 Tag Questions Sometimes rhetorical, added to declarative sentence, turns in a question (e.g. Don't you...?, Isn't it...?). 21 of 23 Vague Language Unsure, imprecise statements (e.g. whatever, and stuff, and so on etc.). 22 of 23 Vocative Names/titles, forms of address. 23 of 23
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