Accent and dialect: Keyterms

Question 1

Pragmatics

Answer 1

What the speaker means rather than what they simply say.

Question 2

Syndetic Listing

Answer 2

Lists that use ‘and’ instead of commas.

Question 3

Asyndetic Listing

Answer 3

Lists that use commas instead of ‘and’.

Question 4

Ellipsis

Answer 4

When sentences are shortened because some elements are considered as non-essential, or missing out letters in words.

Question 5

Voiced Pauses

Answer 5

Sort of, like.

Question 6

Back Channelling

Answer 6

Showing understanding when someone is talking.

Question 7

Deixis

Answer 7

Words which point to something outside the text.

Question 8

Prosodic Features

Answer 8

Pitch, pace.

Question 9

Elision

Answer 9

Missing out sounds or syllables in words.

Question 10

Non-Standard English

Answer 10

Speaking in a non-socially overtly prestigious way.

Question 11

Non-Fluency Features

Answer 11

Hesitation, repetition, false starts.

Question 12

Adjacency Pairs

Answer 12

Question-answer.

Question 13

Phatic Talk

Answer 13

Small talk.

Question 14

Tag Questions

Answer 14

Questions that influence an answer or seek reassurance.

Question 15

Paralinguistic Features

Answer 15

Gestures and facial expressions.

Question 16

Discourse Markers

Answer 16

Word that begin a new sentence.

Question 17

Co-operative Overlap

Answer 17

Supportive interruptions.

Question 18

Utterance

Answer 18

A sentence.

Question 19

Convergence

Answer 19

Changing your language to make it more accessible.

Question 20

Divergence

Answer 20

Changing your language to distance yourself.

Question 21

Antithesis

Answer 21

An opposition between two things.

Question 22

Digression

Answer 22

Avoiding or changing a topic.

Question 23

Imperative

Answer 23

A demand.

Question 24

Rhetorical Features

Answer 24

AFOREST -

• Anecdotes/Alliteration.
• Facts/Flattery.
• Opinions disguised as facts.
• Rhetorical questions/Repetition.
• Emotive language/Exaggeration.
• Statistics.
• Triples.

Question 25

Collocate

Answer 25

Two or more words that naturally go together.

Question 26

Antonym

Answer 26

Words that mean the opposite of eachother.

Question 27

Synonym

Answer 27

Words that have the same meaning.

Question 28

Acronym

Answer 28

An abbreviation formed by using the first letters of words in a phrase, e.g. NATO.

Question 29

Euphemism

Answer 29

A mild word or phrase substituted for a harsh word.

Question 30

Dysphemism

Answer 30

An unpleasant word or phrases substituted for a pleasant one.

Question 31

Hyponymy