Spoken Language Features

Question 1

-This/that/here/there

Answer 1

Deixis

Question 2

-stress/rhythm/pitch/tempo

Answer 2

Prosodic Features

Question 3

• Words continuing sentences

- “first”/“on the other hand”/“now”

Answer 3

Discourse Marker

Question 4

• Shortening sentences

- (Are) you going to the party/(I) might be

Answer 4

Ellipsis

Question 5

• Slang version of a word

- gonna=going to/wannabe=want to be

Answer 5

Elision

Question 6

• Word shortened by an apostrophe

- Can’t=cannot/She’ll=she will

Answer 6

Contraction

Question 7

-Individual style of speaking

Answer 7

Idiolect

Question 8

• Form of a language

- Associated with a region or social class

Answer 8

Dialect

Question 9

-Used for socialising

Answer 9

Interactional Talk

Question 10

-whatsit/thingummy/whatever

Answer 10

Vague Language

Question 11

• Similar to body language

- gestures/facial expressions/laughter

Answer 11

Paralinguistic Features

Question 12

• Used to show pause or thinking

- er/um/huh

Answer 12

Filler

Question 13

-Alteration that’s suggested or made by a speaker or audience

Answer 13

Repairs

Question 14

-a term for the manner in which orderly conversation normally takes place.

Answer 14

Turn Taking

Question 15

• Hesitations

- false starts/fillers/repetitions/interruptions

Answer 15

Non-Fluency Features

Question 16

• you and the listener or listeners are trying to share information in as efficient way as possible.
• you ask very direct questions and there are many social rules in this conversation.

Answer 16

Transactional Talk

Question 17

• Words added to the end of a sentence

- “It’s cold in here, isn’t it?”

Answer 17

Tag Question

Question 18

• Variety of speech used by a particular group

- working class/upper class

Answer 18

Sociolect

Question 19

• The way that words are pronounced

- Vary according to region or social class

Answer 19

Accent

Question 20

-when the speaker begins an utterance then stops and either repeats or reformulates it

Answer 20

False Start

Question 21

• Related to small talk

- how are you/fine

Answer 21

Phatic Talk

Question 22

• Used by a listener to give feedback

- “I see”/“oh”/“really”

Answer 22

Back-Channel

Question 23

• Used to weaken the force how something is said

- maybe/perhaps/sort of/possibly/I think

Answer 23

Hedge

Question 24

• Individual speaking turns

- “How are you?”/“Fine thanks”

Answer 24

Adjacency Pairs

Question 25

-focuses on contexts and purposes of people talking to each other

Answer 25

Pragmatics

Question 26

• Complete unit of talk

- Speaker’s silence

Answer 26

Utterance

Question 27

• Four basic conversational rules

- quantity/relevance/manner/quality

Answer 27

Grice’s Maxims