Discourse

Question 1

discourse

Answer 1

conversational lanugage grammar

Question 2

discourse markers

Answer 2

used to cue or transition one part of the converstaion to another
- ex) so means swtiching the conversation or signals another person to speak

Question 3

pragmatics

Answer 3

unwritten rules of language, practical, everyday use

Question 4

situational awareness

Answer 4

talk different to a child vs adult

Question 5

social awareness

Answer 5

understanding a normal speaking distance

Question 6

backchannel

Answer 6

nonverbal way we encourage a person to speak
- ex) nodding

Question 7

conversational beats (turn-taking rules)

Answer 7

no one tell you when silence is too long, you just sense it

Question 8

decontextualization (storytelling)

Answer 8

transport yourself out of the context; detach things from present moment and recall memory

Question 9

what part of the brain does story telling come from

Answer 9

prefrontal cortex

Question 10

schema

Answer 10

general idea of how something works
- aka script

Question 11

privileged ground (in a narrative)

Answer 11

when someone has information that others don’t know

Question 12

optimal relevance

Answer 12

give only as much information as relevant
- when you as a general question, you get a general answer
- if a person asks do you have the time?
○ The person would give them the time but not specifically the time. If the time was 1:21, but they would say about 1:30
- If they ask it in a specific say by saying my watch is broken, they will give a specific answer and say its 1:21

Question 13

story grammar

Answer 13

building blocks of a story

Question 14

setting (story grammar)

Answer 14

introduce characters, location, place

Question 15

initating event (story grammar)

Answer 15

a problem that the hero is presented with

Question 16

internal response (story grammar)

Answer 16

think some way about how they are going to view the problem

Question 17

attempt (story grammar)

Answer 17

the way they are going to resolve the problem

Question 18

consequence (story grammar)

Answer 18

are they successful or do they fall

Question 19

referring expression

Answer 19

use referring expressions for ease of understanding
- ryan or “that guy who always carries the umbrella”

Question 20

referring expression

Answer 20

try and make meaning out of abstract images

Question 21

what part of the brain is responsible for building common ground

Answer 21

amygdala

Question 22

antecedent

Answer 22

entity in discourse that anaphor refers back to

Question 23

anaphor

Answer 23

word or phrase that refers back to previously mentioned entity in discourse

Question 24

indefinite determiner

Answer 24

a, an, some

Question 25

definite determiner

Answer 25

the, she/he

Question 26

bridging inference

Answer 26

inferring a conclusive aspect of the story without it being explicitly said