Section B Flashcards
(22 cards)
Words to describe lexical choice
Elevated, low frequency, colloquial, jargonistic, domain-specific, high frequency, slang
Strategies of spoken discourse
Topic management
Turn taking
Management repair
Code switching
Labels to describe register
Casual, consultative, public, technical, academic, intimate
Features spoken discourse acronym
DOONAM
Features of spoken discourse
Discourse markers/particles
Openings/closings
Overlap
Non fluency features
Adjacency pairs
Minimal responses
Punctuation
Non standard orthography
Three modes
Speech
Writing
Sign
Characteristics of written mode
Planned/drafted
Requires literacy etc
Features of written mode
Formatting and layout
Characteristics of spoken mode
Ephemeral, transitory
Considered less formal
Immediate feedback
Spontaneous and unplanned
Another word for participants
Interloculators
What are openings and closings
Provide e.g
Start/finish
E.g Hey (open)
Catch ya later (closed)
What are adjacency pairs
Question and answer
What are examples of minimal responses
‘Mm’
‘Aha’
‘Ok’
What is overlapping speech
When people speak simultaneously
THINK COLLABORATION
What do discourse markers do and provide e.g
Sequence ideas/topics
E.g anyway, so, now
What do dicourse particles do and provide examples
Hold the floor-> more to say
E.g like
What are non fluency features
Pauses, voiced hesitations, false starts, repetition
What is topic management
What is it that is being discussed
What is turn taking
Who is holding the floor, passing
Features that belong to poetic function
Semantic patterning e.g metaphors, idioms, similes
Phonological patterning
Creating vivid imagery
Bringing in aesthetic functions
What is cultural zeitgeist
The current mood, climate, intellectual focus of society
