Typical Features of Spontaneous Speech

Question 1

What is Colloquial Language?

Answer 1

Casual, informal, everyday language

Question 2

What is Reformulation?

Answer 2

Starting an utterance and then rephrasing it

Question 3

What are Filled Pauses?

Answer 3

Vocal hesitations e.g. ‘erm’ , ‘uh’ ect

Question 4

What are Fillers?

Answer 4

Words used to buy time before you speak e.g. ‘well’ , ‘now’ ect

Question 5

What are Micro Pauses?

Answer 5

A brief pause indicated by this symbol (.)

Question 6

What are Word Underlined?

Answer 6

Stressed syllable

Question 7

What are Timed Pauses?

Answer 7

A more deliberate pause lasting several seconds (3)

Question 8

What is Dialect?

Answer 8

A variety of language where the regional or social background of the speaker can be identified from the way they talk

Question 9

What is Sociolect?

Answer 9

The way that a person’s language is influenced by the social group they come from

Question 10

What is Topic Shifting?

Answer 10

Changing the topic of a conversion

Question 11

What are Vocatives?

Answer 11

How you address the person you are taking to

Question 12

What is Holding the Floor?

Answer 12

If there are multiple people involved but only one person is dominating the conversation

Question 13

What are Tag Questions?

Answer 13

There are questions which come at the end of an utterance