Spoken Language Key Terms

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gestures, tone and pitch of voice are examples of these
Paralinguistic Features
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an opening to a conversation or an exchange of pleasantries
Phatic Utterance
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Talking to yourself
Egocentric Speech
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Usually scripted; speech which includes rhetorical techniques
Phetorical Speech
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A statement and response, or question and answer etc.
Adjacency pair
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An interruption from another source
Insertion
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Sounds within a text (e.g. laughter)
Phonology
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Missing whole words (e.g. you ok?)
Ellipsis
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Missing certain letters (e.g. isn't)
Elision
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2 words spoken at speed so they run into each other (e.g. there ris)
Liasion
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The gap between words so we can distinguish between them - not always clear in spontaneous speech
Juncture
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A digression from the original adjacency pair
Side sequence
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Another phrase for 'slang' in terms of spoken language
Non standard forms
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er and um are examples of these
Voice filled pauses
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you know, sort of and you see are examples of these
Fillers
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Sitting on the fence - don't give real feeling away (e.g. I don't mind)
Hedging
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Phrases that indicate a speaker is about to take a turn or establish some position in the conversation (e.g. Right, ok then)
Discourse markers
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Noises to show listening and understanding while someone is talking (e.g. uh huh, yeah, I see)
Marker of sympathetic circularity
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Card 2

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an opening to a conversation or an exchange of pleasantries

Back

Phatic Utterance

Card 3

Front

Talking to yourself

Back

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Card 4

Front

Usually scripted; speech which includes rhetorical techniques

Back

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Card 5

Front

A statement and response, or question and answer etc.

Back

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