Talk in life and literature - Key words quiz 3.5 / 5 based on 3 ratings ? English Language & LiteratureTalk in life and literatureA2/A-levelAQA Created by: mooolieCreated on: 18-01-15 14:05 Dialect The way somebody speaks because of their region or social group 1 of 20 Length of turn How long somebody speaks for in an exchange 2 of 20 Violate Accidentally going against rules or conventions 3 of 20 Adjacency pairs Two utterances, one after the other, where the first provokes the second response 4 of 20 Overlaps Two or more people talking at once 5 of 20 Paralinguistics Anything that isn't the actual words, ie, how something is said: such as tone, volume etc 6 of 20 Interrogative A question 7 of 20 Elision The shortening of words such as 'going to' to 'gonna' 8 of 20 Modal verbs Verbs expressing necessity or possibility such as 'shall' or 'may' 9 of 20 Phatic talk Almost pointless talk to fill awkward silences in an exchange such as talking about the weather 10 of 20 Back channelling Words used to encourage someone to carry on talking 11 of 20 Flout Deliberately going against the rules or conventions 12 of 20 Turn taking Allowing both or all parties to talk during an exchange 13 of 20 Imperative A command 14 of 20 Crafted Text written in a specific way for a specific purpose 15 of 20 Idiolect The speech habits of a particular person 16 of 20 Declarative A statement 17 of 20 Colloquial vernacular / language Informal language 18 of 20 Exclamatory An exclamation 19 of 20 Exchange A conversation / talk between two or more people 20 of 20
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