Linguistic and literary terminology

Referential (Purpose)

Rhetorical (Purpose)

Transactional (Purpose)

Expressive (Purpose)

Narrative (Purpose)

Initiators

Monitoring features

Turn taking

Topic management

Topic shifts

Tag questions

Repair

Adjacency pairs

Three-part exchanges

Anaphoric reference

Back channelling

Topic loops

Side sequences

Non-sequiturs

Grammatical blends

Discourse markers

Interruptions

Overlapping/Simulataneous speech

Ellipsis

Deictics

Hedges/mitigators

Implicature

Grice's Maxim of Relevance

Grice's Maxim of Quality

Grice's Maxim of Quantity

Grice's Maxim of Manner

Relative status

Phatic communion

Declarative sentence

Interrogative sentence

Exclamatory sentence

Imperative

Elision

Sympathetic circularity

Key comments for register

Colloquial language

Mono/disyllabic language

Polysyllabic language

Elaborate code

Restricted code

Key comment if there is a lot of detail

Slang/peer/taboo language

Assimilation

Abbreviations

Semantic field

Specialisms

Jargon

Conventions (Linguistic)

Comment clause

Disjuncts

Contractions

Fillers

Coordinating conjunctions

Hedges

Redundancies

False starts

High frequency conversational phrases

End clipping

Cliché

Paralinguistic features

Intonation

Pace (Linguistic)

Regional Identity (Linguistic)

Dialect

Accent

Received pronouciation

Non Standard English

Idioms

Low frequency words

Semantics

Denotation

Connatation

Euphemism

Dysphemism

Rhetoric

Anaphora

Ephiphora

Tricolon

Collocation

Chiasmus

Antithesis

Hyperbole

Litotes

Laudatory language

Irony

Refutation

Diminutio

Us and them technique

Exemplum

Rhetorical question

Percantio

Ratiocinatio

Amplificatio

Occupatio

Transitio

Constructed language

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Imagery

Dynamic verbs

Stative verbs

Syntax

Narrative

Free indirect style

Direct Speech

Indirect speech

Abstract noun

Concrete noun

Pronouns

Adjective

Adverb

Preposition

Syndetic list

Asyndetic list

Phonology

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Homophone

Sibilance

Plosive sounds

Fricatives

Onomatopoeia