Language terms Flashcards

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“yeah” “ok” “uhu”, ways of showing you are following along

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Backchanneling

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2
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“you do that, don’t you” changing a declarative into a interrogative

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Tag questions

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3
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a list of items without and

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Asyndetic listing

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4
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a list of items with the word and

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Syndetic listing

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5
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speech habits of one paticular person

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Idiolect

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6
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dialogue of a particular social class

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sociolect

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7
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Deontic Modality

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Express obligation “you have to”

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8
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Epistemic modality

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Deals with the speakers judgement or confidence in something “I believe”

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