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Question 1

Discourse

Answer 1

Any spoken or written language that is longer than a sentence.

Question 2

Utterance

Answer 2

A section of spoken language which is often preceded by silence and followed by silence or a change of speaker.

Question 3

Turn-taking

Answer 3

In conversation people usually wait their turn to speak.

Question 4

Adjacency pair

Answer 4

Dialogue that follows a set pattern.

Greeting each other

Question 5

Conversational floor

Answer 5

Speaking until you have finished what you wish to say or until someone interrupts you.

Question 6

Status

Answer 6

The perceived position of a person’s authority and influence in relation to those around them.

Question 7

Topic shift

Answer 7

The point at which speakers move from one topic to another.

Question 8

Feedback

Answer 8

A group of verbal and non-verbal signals given by the listener to show they are following the conversation.

Question 9

Back Channelling

Answer 9

Feedback in words and sounds which a listener gives a speaker to show that they are listening.

Question 10

Elision

Answer 10

The omission of a sound or syllable from a word in speech.

Question 11

Ellipsis

Answer 11

The intentional omission of words from a text, usually indicated by three dots.

Question 12

Transcription (transcript)

Answer 12

A written record of spoken language which uses symbols and markings to represent the distinctive nature of speech.

Question 13

Culture

Answer 13

All the values and information for life in a society.

Question 14

Colloquial

Answer 14

The casual conversation of everyday language

Question 15

Metalanguage

Answer 15

Language used to describe language.

Noun

Question 16

Photic communication

Answer 16

Communication mainly in the form of greetings, which has a social function to help build a relationship between participants.

Question 17

Accent

Answer 17

The characteristic pronunciation associated with a geographical area or social group.

Question 18

Phonetics

Answer 18

The study of speech sounds in the way they are spoken and pronounced.

Question 19

Phoneme

Answer 19

The smallest unit of distinguishable sound which distinguishes on word from another in a language.
(Fat and cat)

Question 20

Intonation

Answer 20

The rise and the fall of the voice while speaking, which can alter the meaning of a word.

Question 21

Micro-pause

Answer 21

A very short pause to take a breath.

Question 22

Tone units

Answer 22

The natural phrases of speech, usually separated by a micro pause for breath.

Question 23

Pitch movement

Answer 23

The physical way that the voice quality changes when people speak: if meaning is added to pitch movement it becomes the tone.

Question 24

Tonic syllable

Answer 24

The main stress in a tone unit.

Question 25

Body language

Answer 25

Communication using all forms of non-verbal gestures to put across meaning.