two utterances where the first utterance gets an
expected response (eg greeting/greeting,
question/answer). you expect a certain response
back channeling
non-verbal utterance to show attention or
agreement eg: mmm. yeah, ok
deictic expressions
pointers that refer the listener backwards, forwards, or outside
a text. pointing words in a perceptual, temporal or spatial
dimension. eg words like 'this' 'that' 'here' 'there'
discourse markers
signal shift in conversation and topic areas. can also
introduce a counter agrument eg ok, right, so, but
discourse pragmatic markers
phrases which support interaction but do not
generally add any specific semantic meaning to
the message. eg: you know, i mean, you see, well,
yeah, like, innit
ellipsis
omission of words for economical purposes, as appropriate to
informal contexts or to avoid awkward repitition eg: just seen
jack (elipsis: i've); tonight 8pm (ellipsis: i'll meet you at...)
false starts/repairs
a speaker will start to speak, pause then recommence (it began er
arsenal kicked off the second half (false start -it began). a repair
returns to correct a previously stated phrase or sentence (eg he,
sorry she broke the vase (repair she from he)
fillers
non-verbal sounds, can act like pauses either
naturally or to give a speaker thinking time. may
also signal speaker uncertainty
hedging
a strategy used to avoid being
direct: eg kind of, sort of, maybe,
perhaps, possibly and modal verbs
such as will, could, might
non-fluency features
non-verbal occurrences, eg micro pauses,
hesitations and repetitions that occur in
spontaneous speech
prosodics
features such as tone of voice,
volume, pitch etc which affect
how a message is received
skip connectors
return to a previous topic of conversation,
essentially a type of discourse marker eg anyway,
coming back to our original discussion
tag questions
a question converted from a statement by
an appended interrogative formula. eg:
you did really well, didnt you? it was
tomorrow, wasnt it?
vague expressions
similar to hedging, deliberately
non-committal expression in informal
contexts eg, anything, something, thing