Connected speech and Discourse.

Question 1

What are the 6 prosodic features?

Answer 1

• Stress
• Volume
• Tempo
• Intonation
• Pitch
• Vocal effects (Laughter)

Question 2

How does intonation relate to the context of a convo?

Answer 2

Rising can mean:
- Topic change
- A question
- Uncertainty

Falling can mean:
- Handing the floor
- Topic change

Question 3

How does tempo relate to the context of a convo?

Answer 3

• Highlights parts of speech
• Run over taboo topics
• Express emotion

Question 4

What are “routines”?

Answer 4

Agency pairs

Question 5

What are listening noises?

Answer 5

Minimal responses and back channeling. Ex: “Mhm”

Question 6

What are interrogative tags?

Answer 6

Used to ask for agreement/conformation. Comes in the form of Auxilliary plus a pronoun. “don’t you?”

Question 7

Name 3 floor holding strategies

Answer 7

• Using pauses
• Fast speech
• High intonation

Question 8

Name 3 floor giving strategies

Answer 8

• Interogatives
• Falling intonation
• Rising intonations

Question 9

What is a discourse particle? Give an example

Answer 9

A hedging expression that serves a purpose. Example: “Like”

Question 10

What is a non fluency feature? Give an example

Answer 10

An utterance that breaks the flow of the speech. Example: Pauses, False starts, “um”.

Question 11

What is an auxilliary verb? Give an example lil bro.

Answer 11

A verb that expresses tense, mood, or voice. Example: “MAY rain, IS raining”

Question 12

What is a modal verb? Give an example

Answer 12

A verb that conveys possibility. Example: “May move”