Discourse Metalanguage P.3

Question 1

Repetition

Answer 1

The act of reproducing the same language in a previous utterance in exactly the same form, this helps to emphasis a speakers point,

“I have to practice my times tables over and over and over again so I can learn them.”

Question 2

Ellipses

Answer 2

The omission from a clause or sentence of one or more words that are nevertheless understood in the context of the remaining elements.

“I want to go but I can’t”
instead of:
“I want to go but I can’t go’’.

Question 3

Adverbials

Answer 3

A phrase that describes the verb.

I read three books last night.
He drove his car quite erratically.

Question 4

Adjacency pair

Answer 4

Composed of two utterances by two speakers, one after the other. The speaking of the first utterance provokes a responding utterance.

Person 1: “Heya!”
Person 2: “Oh, Hi how are you?”

Human: Fake barks at dog
Dog: Barks back

Question 5

Hedge

Answer 5

A word or phrase used to:
- soften the impact of a statement
“might,” “could,” or “may”

• make it less absolute
  “Some researchers believe that…”
• indicate a degree of uncertainty or imprecision in what is being said.
  “possibly,” “probably,” “likely,” and “perhaps”
  “It is possible that…” or “It seems that…”