P1SA: Spoken Texts

Question 1

Identify the feature: (.) & (1) in

hmm (.) can i (1) confirm with you later

Answer 1

pauses

Question 2

Identify the feature: mmm, err, like

eg 1 : i (.) mmm (.) dont know if (.) err
eg 2: he was like (.) he was late for school AGAIN

Answer 2

filler

Question 3

Identify the feature

keywords: going to, busy, today, tomorrow

eg 1 i was going to (.) i was busy
eg 2 today i am (.) or is tomorrow better for you

Answer 3

false start

Question 4

Identify the feature

keywords: so so SO, i i i

eg 1 he is so (1) so SO wrong that i just cant even
eg 2 hmm (.) i i (.) i guess were done here

Answer 4

repetition/stuttering

Question 5

Identify the feature

A: did you know that
B: i did not(.) she didn’t say

Answer 5

unfinished utterance

Question 6

Identify the feature

A: Ø bought dinner yet
B: nope Ø still busy

Answer 6

ellipses

Question 7

Identify the feature

keywords: i want, i need

A: i want (.) i need the time to be me

Answer 7

self-repair

Question 8

Identify the feature

keywords: seventy-six, seventy-five

A: gran is seventy-six this year
//
B: shes seventy-five actually

Answer 8

other-repair by another speaker

Question 9

keywords: second, third

A: this is the second (1) third time im eating Macs this week

Answer 9

Self-Initiated Repair by the Speaker Without Prompting

Question 10

keywords: no knowledge, but… yesterday, well, i know a bit

A: i have no knowledge about the chairman’s remarks
B: but you said yesterday
//
A: well (.) i know a bit but

Answer 10

other-initiated repair by the speaker with prompting

Question 11

What are some paralinguistic features?

Answer 11

volume, stress, intonation

Question 12

A: i think we should go for the party
B: but you know mum won’t let us

Answer 12

turn-taking between speakers

Question 13

A: he did fine (.) well i mean (1) did okay

Answer 13

turn-holding by a speaker

*Holding a turn, meaning to keep on talking, is done when the speaker cannot continue speaking which prompts him/her to stop to reformulate what he/she is going to say.

Question 14

A: what would you like for dinner
B: pasta sounds good

Answer 14

turn-yielding by a speaker

Question 15

A: what would you like for dinner, Tom
B: well i wouldn’t mind western food

Answer 15

turn-allocation by a speaker

Question 16

keywords: too busy, // , too busy

A: i was so annoyed with her
B: hmm (.) why
A: she was late AGAIN
B: oh (.) what happened
A: she was too busy
//
B: too busy for dad’s birthday (.) you mean

Answer 16

back-channelling by a speaker

*Backchannels, or backchannel responses, occur in a conversation when a speaker is talking and a listener interjects.

*primarily used to signify the listener’s interest, understanding, or agreement

Question 17

A: we shouldn’t have Harry do
//
B: but (.) we cant let him you know

Answer 17

interruption by a speaker

Question 18

A: you and i finish each other’s
//
B: sandwiches
A: that’s what i was going to say

Answer 18

overlap by a speaker

Question 19

What is an adjacency pair?

Answer 19

a sequence of utterances produced by two speakers such that the second pair part is related to the first pair part as an expected follow-up

Question 20

What is a preferred pair part or dispreferred pair part?

Answer 20

whether what is said by the second speaker is expected by the first speaker or not respectively

Question 21

first pair parts:
- question
- request
- offer/invitation
- assessment
- blame

format: First Pair Part (Preferred Second Pair Part / Dispreferred Second Pair Part)

Answer 21

Question
(Expected Answer / Unexpected Answer)

Request
(Acceptance / Refusal)

Offer/Invitation
(Acceptance / Refusal)

Assessment
(Agreement / Disagreement)

Blame
(Acceptance / Denial)

Question 22

adjacency pairs may contain an ______________________, such as in the conversation below:

A: can i speak to Shirley
B: umm (.) may i know what this is about
A: its about the prototype
B: alright hang on a moment

Answer 22

insertion sequence

*a turn coming between the first and second pair parts of another adjacency pair (which may itself be an adjacency pair)

Question 23

keywords: you know, but

A: you know (.) i really really wanted to come but
B: so (1) where did you go instead
C: it doesnt matter (.) but did you see her yesterday

Answer 23

topic start/topic shift

Question 24

key phrases: the thing is, but the question is

A: you see (.) the thing is (.) he told me that he would
B: return you the money
A: but the question is (.) would he do so

Answer 24

overture

Question 25

keywords: i think, umm, sort of, i suppose, in a way

A: well (.) i think i saw her in school yesterday
B: and was she alright
A: umm (.) sort of (.) at least she didn’t look sad
B: i suppose that’s a good thing (.) in a way

Answer 25

hedging

Question 26

keywords: dude, yea, yea, man

A: dude are you here yet
B: yea yea i’m just two stops away man

Answer 26

colloquialism/slang