Spoken Language Terminology

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X Q V O I C E D P A U S E Q H L N V E O
T B C Y P L G A E T D I C E A O L U E V
S L I O V H E P X A M Y E I I Y M S U K
Q L H M U P W W N M O S U T K L U T V Y
H E V P V E X O L V U Q P P H A W X F G
Q K D N Y B I R E A O U K C P X V C E P
J C X D F S I R P L R X H D G G N N Q N
H O I K I D L O L R W S E P Y V E M A M
T Y V L U A R O E V C M I G V A L D A R
G F E T P C C T J L I J X E J C F N W E
X C S P I M N P H T E Q U K J C I B T E
C U I M Y I M E N K R U A C E E L H R O
L N S A S S K L W V B B P U S N L H F L
G S R L P M D A J L C R L M S T E U J C
L A D J A C E N C Y P A I R S A R N M X
X C X M C C K D M L Y V J O T R Q B X T
T F L J I T P F F R Q M I W W A I D V U
I F M Q R P P K U J H K T B Q Q W M B Q
R H S V S P T K P B R E S N K I D S A S
J E M O D M H C G M V K L G P K H E T D

Clues

  • A longer pause, number of seconds in a bracket (2) (5, 5)
  • A short pause of less than half a second (.) (10)
  • A sound someone makes that functions like a pause (6, 5)
  • Actual words that function as a pause (6)
  • Blurring or slurring words together (7)
  • Chatty, informal language (10)
  • One person takes over speaking in the middle of another person's speaking (12)
  • Standard pairs of interactions (9, 5)
  • Two or more people speaking at the same time (11)
  • Way of pronunciation based on where you are from (6)

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