SPOKEN LANGUAGE

Question 1

filler

Answer 1

a non verbal sound that adds like a pause either to signal uncertainty or simply as a breathing space for the speaker (erm, um,uh)

Question 2

false start

Answer 2

when a speaker begins to speak then stops and then starts again (well I was…well I was going to say)

Question 3

repair

Answer 3

when a speaker corrects some aspect of what they have said - the error might be a grammatical one or the use of the wrong word (I really want England to win..I mean lose)

Question 4

skip connector

Answer 4

a word or phrase that returns the conversation to a previous topic (anyways as I was saying)

Question 5

ellipsis

Answer 5

the omission of words for economical reasons and/or because the context means that the person listening understands the shortened utterance

Question 6

speaker support

Answer 6

words or phrases that show attention or agreement and encourage a speaker to cary on talking (mhm, yeah, okay )

Question 7

paralinguistics

Answer 7

the aspects of spoken communication that does not involve words (body language and facial expressions )

Question 8

the 3 conversational genres

Answer 8

1) transactional - used to obtain goods and services
2) interpersonal - used for socialising
3) phatic - small talk, used for emotive purposes and not for sharing information

Question 9

adjacency pair

Answer 9

a question that is followed by an answer

Question 10

preferred response

Answer 10

a response your hoping to hear

Question 11

dis-preferred response

Answer 11

an unexpected response you weren’t hoping to hear

Question 12

insertion sequence

Answer 12

sequence of turns that intervenes between the first and second parts of the adjacency pair

Question 13

exchange structure

Answer 13

sequence of communication that can be used to analyse the types of conversation