Spoken Lang Terminology Flashcards
1
Q
Idiom
A
Commonly used expression whose meaning does not relate to the literal meaning of its words
2
Q
Malapropism
A
Where speaker uses wrong word
3
Q
Neologism
A
Newly invented word
4
Q
Phoneme
A
Unit of sound
5
Q
Pre-modifier
A
Descriptive technique comes before item
6
Q
Paralinguistics
A
Non-verbal feature
7
Q
Prosodic feature
A
Pitch, tone or rhythm to draw attention to elements of spoken language
8
Q
Sibliant
A
Hissing noise
9
Q
Topic marker
A
Utterance that establishes topic of conversation
10
Q
Topic shifter
A
Utterance that changes topic of conversation
11
Q
Ambiguity
A
More than one possible meaning or outcome
12
Q
Assonance
A
Repetition of vowl sounds in middle of words
13
Q
Aspirant
A
Audible breath e.g. H
14
Q
Clipping
A
Omission of parts of words to create more casual alternative
15
Q
Collocation
A
Words that naturally seem to go together
