Spoken Mode - Discourse Structure*

Question 1

Structure elements

Answer 1

1.generic conversation
2.adjacency pairs
3.insertion sequences
4.discourse markers
5.turn taking
6.interruptions
(see other deck for definitions on: 2,4,5 and 6)

Question 2

What is Generic Conversation

Answer 2

Features shown by the piece of spoken or written mode which allow it to be placed into a specific genre.

Question 3

What is an Insertion Sequence

Answer 3

Is a series of adjacency pairs. 
Example: 
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Answer 2
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Question 4

Things to look for regarding Topic

Answer 4

1. overlaps with structure
2. who initiates and shifts topics?
3. topic loops
4. does any participant control and manage the conversation?

Question 5

What are topic loops

Answer 5

Where one topic of the conversation had ended but is brought back into the conversation again.

Question 6

What are topic shifts

Answer 6

an utterance is made which changes the topic of conversation

Question 7

Fluency

Answer 7

1.non-fluency features
2.which speakers are most fluent, why?
3.voiced pauses
4.fillers
5.vague language/completers
6.false starts/self corrections
7.ellipsis
(see other deck for definitions on: 1,3,4,5,6,7)