Discourse Flashcards
1
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Discourse markers
A
Words, phrases, or clauses that help to organise what we say or write (e.g. OK, so, ‘As I was saying’)
2
Q
Narrative structures
A
How events, actions and processes are sequenced when recounting a story
3
Q
fillers
A
sounds to fill spaces between utterances (uhh, umm)
4
Q
pauses
A
pauses between utterances, for thinking time
5
Q
hedges
A
tentative language
6
Q
adjacency pairs
A
talking in pairs/ taking turns
7
Q
topic management
A
the organisation of topics, can move from speaker to speaker
8
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framing
A
process of controlling the conversation
9
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tag question
A
tentative question asked at end of declaratives
