Spoken language Flashcards

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Accent

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The ways in which words are pronounced

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2
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adjacency pairs

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Pairs that are used ritualistically

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3
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Back channel

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used by the listener to give feedback (i see, oh, uh huh,really)

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4
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contraction

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A reduced form of a word

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5
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Deixis

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A verbal pointing

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6
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dialect

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regional or social use

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7
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Discourse marker

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A sign that what is said can be followed by the listener or reader

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8
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Elison

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Gonna-going to

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9
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Ellipsis

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The getting rid of a grammatical structure.

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10
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False starts

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This is when they start speaking and then they either repeats or reformulates it

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11
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Filler

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Inserted in speech to allow time to think and creates a pause (erm)

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12
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Maxim of quantity

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Don’t say too much or too little

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13
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maxim of relevance

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Do not say anything that is not related to the subject

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14
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Hedge

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words or phrases that weaken or soften the force something is said

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15
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Idiolect

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An individually distinctive style of speaking

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16
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Paralinguistic features

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Speaking to an individual non verbally.

17
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Phatic talk

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Small talk

18
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Pragmatics

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sppech that focuses more on context and purpose

19
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prosodic features

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How something is said

20
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Repairs

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An alteration to what someone has just said

21
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Sociolect

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A way of speaking by a particular group

22
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Tag question

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Turns a statement into a question

23
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turn taking

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The arrangement of the conversation