Syntactic Features of Spoken Language

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What is an Utterance?
A chunk of speech. Like a sentence in writing.
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Adjacency Pairs?
Two halves of a whole conversation.
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Back-chaneling?
Confirming that you're listening. 'mm'.
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Turn-Taking?
You talk, then someone else talks.
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Tag Question?
Hidden/subjective question. Meant to influence someone to think a certain way.
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Repair?
Repairing a sentence you say halfway through it rather than at the beginning.
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False Start?
Stopping, then starting again.
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Pause?
Makes speech longer. Chops sentences.
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Compound/Complex Utterances?
Same as compound/complex sentences except spoken.
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Anaphoric Referencing?
Name said first, then replaced by a pronoun. Prefered use in writing.
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Cataphoric Referencing?
Pronoun said first, then name used. Prefered use in spoken language.
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Turn-Taking?

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Tag Question?

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