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Flashcards by sarahparker1996, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by sarahparker1996
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| Question | Answer |
| Adjacency pairs | An adjacency pair, used in spoken language, is a pair of conversation turns by two different speakers. E.g Offer-acceptance/rejection |
| Hedges | These are words that down tone the meaning of the following word or add of note of vagueness. E.g a-bit, may, quite |
| Overlapping | Speech encounters are usually co-operative and mosts overlaps will therefore be resolved quickly. (talking over each-other) |
| Tag question | A question converted from a statement by an appended interrogative formula E.g. 'It's nice out, isn't it?' |
| Utterance | A spoken word, statement or vocal sound. |
| Loan word | A word adopted from a foreign language with little or no modification. |
| Field specific lexis | Refers to the diction that is specific to a certain field. E.g. Scientific medical terms; anatomy, symptoms etc.. |
| Euphemism | A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered too harsh/blunt. |
| Clipping | In morphology, a word formed by dropping one of more syllable(s). E.g. Cell from cellular phone |
| Filler | An apparently meaningless word, phrase or sound that marks a pause or hesitation in speech. |
| Turn-taking | A term for the manner in which conversation normally takes place. |
| Prosodic features | These are features that appear when we put sounds together in connected speech. |
| Figurative speech | Any expressive use of language. E.g. Metaphor/Simile |
| Convergence | Where we change our language to show we like someone. |
| Accent | A distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with a particular country, area or social class. |
| Back-Channeling | This is a ay of showing a speaker that you are following what they are saying. E.g. 'Mmm, yeah, really?' |
| Dialect | A particular form of a language which is particular to a specific region or social group. |
| Chaining | A series of things of the same type that form a connected line. |
| Divergence | Where we make our language different to show we do not like a person. |
| Contraction | A contraction is a shortened version of the written and spoken forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters. E.g. Can't instead of cannot |
| Idiolect | The speech habits particular to a specific person. |
| Phatic | Relating to language used for general purposes of social interaction. E.g. 'How are you? The weather is nice.' |
| Taboo language | A descriptive term for words, objects, actions or people that are forbidden by a group/culture. |
| Repair | In conversational analysis, the process by which a speaker recognises speech error and repeats what has been said with some sort of correction. |
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