Language terms Flashcards
1
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“yeah” “ok” “uhu”, ways of showing you are following along
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Backchanneling
2
Q
“you do that, don’t you” changing a declarative into a interrogative
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Tag questions
3
Q
a list of items without and
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Asyndetic listing
4
Q
a list of items with the word and
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Syndetic listing
5
Q
speech habits of one paticular person
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Idiolect
6
Q
dialogue of a particular social class
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sociolect
7
Q
Deontic Modality
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Express obligation “you have to”
8
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Epistemic modality
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Deals with the speakers judgement or confidence in something “I believe”