Linguistic Methods Of Analysis Flashcards
What are prosodies features?
Features that appear when we put sounds together in connecting speech
What are the 5 prosodic features?
Stress/emphasis
Volume
Pitch
Inotation (rise and fall in voice while speaking)
Rate of speech
What are non-fluency features?
The lack of fluency in a persons speech
What are some examples of non-fluency features?
- pauses
- hesitations
- fillers
- false starts
- ellipsis
- fragmented utterances
What are spoken language functions?
Functions of language that allow a person to communicate, express their identity and release emotions
What’s transactional? Spoken lang funct
Exchanges involving getting something done
What’s referential? Spoken lang funct
Holds the emphasis on the social relationships of the speakers
What’s phatic? Spoken lang funct
Small talk, no serious content but helps to establish and maintain social relationships
What’s expressive? Spoken lang funct
Utterances which express a speakers feelings
What are the 5 examples of spoken language functions? TRIPE
Transactional
Referential
Interactional
Phatic
Expressive
What was H.P Grices theory?
He said that conversations ‘work’ because participants tend to abide by unwritten rules and conventions, developing 4 specific conversation maxims
What are Grices 4 maxims?
Quality- speakers should be truthful, not saying anything dishonest
Manner- the manner should be clear and orderly utterances
Quantity- the speaker says no more or no less than required
Relevance- what the speaker says should be constantly be relevant to the conversation
What are conversational features?
Features appear in the conversation which are so common become unnoticed
What are the conversational features?
- Opening and closing frames (depending on context of convo)
- turn taking (if not used convo can be chaotic)
- overlap/interruptions
- adjacency pairs/ 2 part exchanges
- 3 part exchanges
- discourse markers
- comment clauses expressions
- face threatening acts
When do overlaps and interruptions occur?
Arise when speaker anticipates the end of another persons speech too soon which can be considered as rude and dominating
