Terrminology (Carrick) Flashcards
(23 cards)
Multimodal
aspects of spoken and written language together. Mode can be spoken, written or visual.
Shared cultural reference
things in culture that are commonly known
Narrative
story-telling process
Register
your choice of language used based on the situation
Adjacency pairs
turn taking where one person says something and the other responds and often asks a question
Back-channeling
a response to show we are listening using minimal responses such as yeah
False start
where you make a mistake in speech and then stop to correct it
Deixis
reference to something which relies on immediate context
Contraction
can’t. won’t, isn’t (all contracted forms of ellision)
Filler words
words like erm when they are thinking of what to say
Idiolect
language particular to an individual
Transactional
for a defined purpose
Interactional
for the purpose of chatting
Hedge
using cautious language to uncertainty or to avoid offence (might be, a bit, maybe)
Paralinguistic features
Body language - shrugging, facial expressions
Prosodic features
volume, pitch, speed, emphasis
Tag questions
a question at the end of a statement to encourage participation
Repair
when false start happens or two people talk at once and turn taking is disrupted
Utterance
a sentence or unit of meeting in spoken word
Overlap
simultaneous talk (two at once)
Fade
when you don’t finish your utterance
Relinquish
give up your turn, usually due to interruption
Intensifying adverbs
given info about degree- very, little, really, so, extremely
