Conversational Analysis Terms Flashcards
(21 cards)
Turn taking
Taking it in turns to speak in a conversation
Adjacency pair
A unit of convo that contains an exchange of one turn each by 2 speakers
Backchanneling
Showing listening or understanding
Discourse marker
Shows changes in topic conversation
Filler
‘Um’ ‘uh’ ‘like’ non verbal vocalisation
Hedges
Expresses hesitation or uncertainty
Ellipsis
Removing grammar terms
Elision
Slurring words together
False start
Starting, stopping, restarting
Repair
Fixing mistakes
Self repair
Fixing self mistakes
Overlap
A person speaks over another
Interruption
Holding the floor
Talking for a long time
Face
Used to be liked
Face threatening act
Being rude/impolite
Implicature
Implying meaning beyond literal sense
Maxim of relevance
Staying on topic
Maxim of quantity
Not talking too much
Prosodic features
Sounds