P1SA: Spoken Texts Flashcards
disfluency features, repair, paralinguistic features, interactive features
Identify the feature: (.) & (1) in
hmm (.) can i (1) confirm with you later
pauses
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
filler
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
false start
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
repetition/stuttering
Identify the feature
A: did you know that
B: i did not(.) she didn’t say
unfinished utterance
Identify the feature
A: Ø bought dinner yet
B: nope Ø still busy
ellipses
Identify the feature
keywords: i want, i need
A: i want (.) i need the time to be me
self-repair
Identify the feature
keywords: seventy-six, seventy-five
A: gran is seventy-six this year
//
B: shes seventy-five actually
other-repair by another speaker
keywords: second, third
A: this is the second (1) third time im eating Macs this week
Self-Initiated Repair by the Speaker Without Prompting
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
other-initiated repair by the speaker with prompting
What are some paralinguistic features?
volume, stress, intonation
A: i think we should go for the party
B: but you know mum won’t let us
turn-taking between speakers
A: he did fine (.) well i mean (1) did okay
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.
A: what would you like for dinner
B: pasta sounds good
turn-yielding by a speaker
A: what would you like for dinner, Tom
B: well i wouldn’t mind western food
turn-allocation by a speaker
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
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
A: we shouldn’t have Harry do
//
B: but (.) we cant let him you know
interruption by a speaker
A: you and i finish each other’s
//
B: sandwiches
A: that’s what i was going to say
overlap by a speaker
What is an adjacency pair?
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
What is a preferred pair part or dispreferred pair part?
whether what is said by the second speaker is expected by the first speaker or not respectively
first pair parts:
- question
- request
- offer/invitation
- assessment
- blame
format: First Pair Part (Preferred Second Pair Part / Dispreferred Second Pair Part)
Question
(Expected Answer / Unexpected Answer)
Request
(Acceptance / Refusal)
Offer/Invitation
(Acceptance / Refusal)
Assessment
(Agreement / Disagreement)
Blame
(Acceptance / Denial)
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
insertion sequence
*a turn coming between the first and second pair parts of another adjacency pair (which may itself be an adjacency pair)
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
topic start/topic shift
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
overture
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
hedging
keywords: dude, yea, yea, man
A: dude are you here yet
B: yea yea i’m just two stops away man
colloquialism/slang
