Spoken language terms

Question 1

Overlap

Answer 1

two people speaking at the same time. shows interest and enthusiasm not always control method.

Question 2

Simultaneous speech

Answer 2

not always classed as interruption because it can enhance the collaborative approach of spoken discourse.

Question 3

Voiced hesitation

Answer 3

mm, er or repetition of words allow the speaker to pause without giving up their term.

Question 4

Adjacency pairs

Answer 4

sequences of utterances called adjacency pairs create a recognisable structural pattern they - follow each other are produced by different speakers, having a logical connection.

Question 5

Slang

Answer 5

informal words or phrases

Question 6

Hyperbole

Answer 6

exaggeration for effect

Question 7

Fillers

Answer 7

participants in a conversation because speech is similtaneous and immediate quite often need to play for time as they work out how to respond or turn the conversation the way that they want it to go. sort of, you know i mean , like.

Question 8

Abbreviation

Answer 8

may be used where the speakers are well known enough to have an established code

Question 9

Unfinished sentances

Answer 9

left to dangle in the air.

Question 10

Conversational lexis

Answer 10

yeah,cos,alright

Question 11

Backchanneling

Answer 11

show understanding.
yeah. okay. uh-huh.

Question 12

Non fluency features

Answer 12

also known as self correcting. false starts to sentance

Question 13

Interrogative

Answer 13

question

Question 14

Pauses and micropauses

Answer 14

indicated by transcripts by the number of seconds in brackets (2) or a full stop in brackets (.) for a micropause

Question 15

Filled pauses

Answer 15

‘er’ ‘um’

Question 16

False starts

Answer 16

starting an utterance and then restarting differently eg. I went to (.) We went to the park.

Question 17

Repetitions

Answer 17

repeating the same word before moving on eg. We went to the the park

Question 18

Turn taking cues

Answer 18

Understanding when its our turn to speak

Question 19

Non-verbal cue

Answer 19

gestures, eye contact , smiling , rising intonation or falling vol

Question 20

Tag questions cue

Answer 20

adding questions at the end of statements to encourage turn taking

Question 21

Direct questions/ Interrogatives cue

Answer 21

Who can tell me when World War Two started?

Question 22

Hedges

Answer 22

Vague expressions such as ‘a bit’ sometimes used to soften an opinion

Question 23

Turn supressing and dominance control

Answer 23

Non verbal
Interruptions
Changing topic
Orders/Imperatives