Language level 6: Discourse Flashcards
internal evaluation
an expression of attitude towards the events in a narrative that occur in the same time frame as the main action
external evaluation
an expression of attitude where the speaker ‘stands back’ from the main action
turn-taking
the process by which speakers co-construct conversation
adjacency pair
a simple structure of 2 turns
STORY features:
- > story solicit: response from someone else that they want to listen to the story
- > preliminary to the story: background information to the story in the form of the ‘who’ ‘where’ ‘what’ and ‘why’
- > story action: main body of the narrative
- > story climax: conclusion of the narrative
- > story appreciation: signals from audience that communicate their response to the narrative. May be at several points of the story or at the end - could consist of questions, agreements and laughter or other signs of emotion
prefered response
a second part of an adjacency pair that fits in with what the speaker of the first part wants to hear
dispreferred response
a second part of an adjacency pair that doesn’t fit in with what the speaker of the first part wants to hear
insertion sequence
an additional sequence between the two parts of an adjacency pair
exchange structure
sequence of turns between speakers
transition relevance place
a point where it is natural for another speaker to take a turn
constraint
the influence a more powerful speaker can have on another speaker
Filler
Er, erm
false start
A: well I was (1) well I was going to the shops
Repair
A: We was (.) were going out (grammatical repair: ‘was’ to ‘were’)
A: I really want England to lose (.) I mean win (word repair ‘lose’ to ‘win’)
Skip-connector
Anyway, coming back to our original discussion
