Connected speech and Discourse. Flashcards

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What are the 6 prosodic features?

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  • Stress
  • Volume
  • Tempo
  • Intonation
  • Pitch
  • Vocal effects (Laughter)
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How does intonation relate to the context of a convo?

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Rising can mean:
- Topic change
- A question
- Uncertainty

Falling can mean:
- Handing the floor
- Topic change

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How does tempo relate to the context of a convo?

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  • Highlights parts of speech
  • Run over taboo topics
  • Express emotion
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What are “routines”?

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Agency pairs

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What are listening noises?

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Minimal responses and back channeling. Ex: “Mhm”

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What are interrogative tags?

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Used to ask for agreement/conformation. Comes in the form of Auxilliary plus a pronoun. “don’t you?”

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Name 3 floor holding strategies

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  • Using pauses
  • Fast speech
  • High intonation
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Name 3 floor giving strategies

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  • Interogatives
  • Falling intonation
  • Rising intonations
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What is a discourse particle? Give an example

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A hedging expression that serves a purpose. Example: “Like”

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What is a non fluency feature? Give an example

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An utterance that breaks the flow of the speech. Example: Pauses, False starts, “um”.

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What is an auxilliary verb? Give an example lil bro.

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A verb that expresses tense, mood, or voice. Example: “MAY rain, IS raining”

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What is a modal verb? Give an example

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A verb that conveys possibility. Example: “May move”

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