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Accent

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Form of pronunciation associated with a particular district

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Adjacency pairs

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A pair of utterance from different speakers where the second speaker is controlled by the first speakers utterance. This occurs in a question-answer format or when one person greets another

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Agenda setting

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This refers to the person who takes the initiative and chooses the topic being talked about

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Alienation

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Theatrical technique developed by the dramatist Brecht, where a commonly held belief is challenged and the audience is made to reconsider its validity

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Alignment

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This is indicated by repetition of a speakers phrase

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Alliteration

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Use of the same consonant at the beginning of words close together for emphasis

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Antitheses

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Constructions in which words are opposed or contrasted but balanced as in: “Man proposes, God disposes”

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Argot

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Special vocabulary used by a particular group and often not understood by others

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Assonance

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Repetition of similar vowel sounds, especially within words on stressed syllables

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Bathetic

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Anticlimactic speech or situation. Change from serious mood to a more trivial one

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Blank verse

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Unrhymed verse, usually with 10 syllables to a line with alternate unstressed and stressed beats

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Body language

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Gestures such as nodding or waving or facial expression. Can be used to indicate turn taking in discourse

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Caesura

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Pause or break within a line of verse creating a sense of balance or draw attention to a significant word

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Catharsis

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Outpouring of emotions and the relief of tension that the audience feels at the climatic moment in a play

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Characterisation

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How an author uses dialogue, actions and behaviour to develop a characters personality

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Choric

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Taking on the role of a “chorus” and commenting and reflecting on the action

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Climax

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Ascending series of events or ideas which intensify or a moment of decision

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Colloquial

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Semi technical term for everyday or vernacular form of language which is informal or include slangs

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Construct

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Something carefully shaped and created rather than naturally occurring

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Convergence

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When a speaker wants to show orientation with another speaker they may change their normal speech by adopting a more formal or higher (upward convergence) prestige or informal register (downward convergence). Opposite is divergence where speaker wants to isolate themselves from another speaker

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Demotic

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Everyday ordinary, prosaic language

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Denouement

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When the tangles of the plot are unravelled and all is revealed and resolved

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Dialect

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Variety of langue where the regional or social background of the speaker can be identified from their vocabulary

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Dramatic effects

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Effects used do evoke an emotional or intellectual response

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Dramatic irony
When the audience knows more than he character and is made to feel helpless, anxious or tense
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Suspense
Occurs when he audience is told something and waits in a state of dread or anticipation for action to unfold
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Dualism
Concept they world is ruled by opposed forces of good and evil and the concept that humans have two basic natures - physical and spiritual
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Elision
Omission of a sound of syllable
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Ellipses
Omission of part of sentence of a word
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Endorsement
Where a speaker wishes to endorse another speakers view of statement to indicate solidarity by reinforcement
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Enjabment
Continuation of a phrase or unit of meaning form one line to the next without a break in a poem
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Existentialist
Writing which follows the philosophical concept that denies there is meaning to life other than what we create for ourselves
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Fallacious
Deceptive, misleading, illogical, wrong
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Field specific lexis
Particular semantic field of words connected in meaning
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Foregrounded
A term used when a speaker of writer brings a topic to the foreground ie emphasises it
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Gatekeeper
Person with power to control the discourse, governing the turn taking or the ritual
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Hedge
Speaker avoids directness or hesitating. Also used to avoid being compromised if what you say is later proved wrong
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Hubris
Arrogance and pride - Greek tragedy
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Hyperbole
Exaggeration used deliberately for emphasis
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Idiolect
Individual's particular way of speaking
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Idiomatic
Speech typical of a people of place
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Idiosyncratic
Particular to one individual often with the implication of quirkiness of eccentricity
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Imagery
Refers to figurative language
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Incrementum
Action or process of gradually increasing. Usually refers to lists which build up to a climax
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International features
Features of spoken discourse which are commonly seen when people interact, such as someone being dominant
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Irony
Language that conveys a meaning often the opposite of what the words might literally suggest
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Mediated
When someone or something has intervened in a situation
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Metaphor
Figure of speech where two things are concisely compared
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Paralinguistic features
Broad term used to refer to aspects of talk that are non-lexical but convey meaning. Words such as umm and grunts
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Parallelism
Occurs when utterances are parallel
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Pathos
Usually refers to feelings of sadness that a character or scene evokes
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Personification
Giving human characteristics to non-human forms
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Phonological features
This refers to the sounds in speech such as pitch and intonation, speed and stress. Whispering can convey secrecy and using flat tones suggest depression
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Puns
Word play, usually witty remark that relies for its humour on bringing together two words of similar form but different meaning
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Register
How formal the speaker is
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Satire
Aims to bring about correction or reform by means of amusement or ridicule
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Schema
Set of expectations in any given situation
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Absurdist
Writing which presents us with the idea that life has no intrinsic meaning and that it is in fact pointless
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Soliloquy
A form of monologue that allows the character to speak their internal thoughts out loud to offer an audience self - revelation or motive or self uncertainty. What is said can always be regarded as the truth as it appears to that character
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Solipsism
Extreme form of scepticism which bold that's the only knowledge is the knowledge of ones own existence
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Topic management
How the topic is being handled ie who changes the topic
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Triple structure
Triplets. Repeating worlds or longer utterances for rhetoric effect "education" x3
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Grice's maxims
Quality: tell the truth Quantity; give enough maximum information with minimum effort Relation: be relevant and act accordingly Manner: be clear and not obscure
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T R I P E
T- transactional - exchanges where there is some negation (asking for directions) R- referential (providing information) I - interactional(social exchanges) P - phatic(small talk/devoid of serious content) E - expressive/expository(convey feelings or exposing something)
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Dysphemism
Unnecessary extreme way of saying something not normally considered appropriate ie taboo language
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Euphemism
Polite way to say something not considered socially acceptable ie to kick the bucket
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Dynamic verb
Verb that refers to a movement or action such as run leap or grasp
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Oxymoron
Expression that seems contradictory eg living death
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Self repair
When a speaker corrects himself/herself
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Face theory
Act of avoiding conflict in conversation which relates to the tactics used to minimise the risk that someone will lose "face"
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Positive politeness
Actively making the other speaker feel good: offering compliments, sound things for them
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Negative politeness
Means avoiding conflict, not imposing, avoiding engaging with tricky topics, apologising when not particularly in the wrong
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Inference
Conclusion reached on basis of evidence and reasoning
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Interjection
Abrupt remark especially as an aside or interruption "good grief!"
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Interrogatives
Asking questions
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Declarative
Simple utterances

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