Features Flashcards
Pragmatics
What the speaker means rather than what they simply say.
Syndetic Listing
Lists that use ‘and’ instead of commas.
Asyndetic Listing
Lists that use commas instead of ‘and’.
Ellipsis
When sentences are shortened because some elements are considered as non-essential, or missing out letters in words.
Voiced Pauses
Sort of, like.
Back Channelling
Showing understanding when someone is talking.
Deixis
Words which point to something outside the text.
Prosodic Features
Pitch, pace.
Elision
Missing out sounds or syllables in words.
Non-Standard English
Speaking in a non-socially overtly prestigious way.
Non-Fluency Features
Hesitation, repetition, false starts.
Adjacency Pairs
Question-answer.
Phatic Talk
Small talk.
Tag Questions
Questions that influence an answer or seek reassurance.
Paralinguistic Features
Gestures and facial expressions.
Discourse Markers
Word that begin a new sentence.
Co-operative Overlap
Supportive interruptions.
Utterance
A sentence.
Convergence
Changing your language to make it more accessible.
Divergence
Changing your language to distance yourself.
Antithesis
An opposition between two things.
Digression
Avoiding or changing a topic.
Imperative
A demand.
Rhetorical Features
AFOREST -
- Anecdotes/Alliteration.
- Facts/Flattery.
- Opinions disguised as facts.
- Rhetorical questions/Repetition.
- Emotive language/Exaggeration.
- Statistics.
- Triples.
Collocate
Two or more words that naturally go together.
Antonym
Words that mean the opposite of eachother.
Synonym
Words that have the same meaning.
Acronym
An abbreviation formed by using the first letters of words in a phrase, e.g. NATO.
Euphemism
A mild word or phrase substituted for a harsh word.
Dysphemism
An unpleasant word or phrases substituted for a pleasant one.
Hyponymy
