Discourse Structure

Question 1

Non-fluency features

Answer 1

Fillers,repetition, false starts and verbal elements tied into spoken language

Question 2

Interjections

Answer 2

Words like ‘uh-oh’, ‘oops’, ‘argh’ - (ie. Verbal elements)

Question 3

Quotatives

Answer 3

Using phrases when introducing past event stores/ anecdotes by quoting the self/others (eg. ‘I was like…’, ‘he went…’

Question 4

Anecdotes

Answer 4

Linguistic term for storytelling

Question 5

Discourse Structure

Answer 5

The way in which an entire text is organised

Question 6

Adjacency pairs

Answer 6

Two speakers going back and forth in conversation (eg. Question—>Answer)

Question 7

Phatic Tokens

Answer 7

Greetings, terms of valediction and salutations- comparable to small talk

Question 8

Pre-closing Sequences

Answer 8

Phrases that mutually establishes that a conversation should come to an end (eg. “It’s getting late now…”, “so yeah…”)

Question 9

Discourse markers

Answer 9

Words/ phrases that signal relationships between utterances (eg. However, although)

Question 10

Cohesive markers

Answer 10

Words/phrases that connect different parts of a text (eg pronouns- “the table —> “it”, conjunctions)

Question 11

Parentheses

Answer 11

Linguistic term for brackets “( )”