Online teaching with Kubbu
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Spoken Word GlossaryAuthor: Theobald MrDescription: Match the spoken word term with its definition! Keywords: , , , , , , online teaching Content: Definitions: 0. Adjacency pairs 1. Elision 2. Dialect 3. Accent 4. Filler 5. Idiolect 6. Prosodic features 7. Overlaps/interruptions 8. Ellipsis 9. Paralinguistic features 10. Phatic talk 11. Discourse marker 12. Back-channel 13. Hedge 14. False start 15. Utterance Answers: 0. The omission of words from an utterance to give a more casual tone 1. When turn-taking is not observed by listeners, so the %27flow%27 of talk is discordant 2. Items which don%27t carry meaning but are used to pause or give time to think 3. The grammar and vocabulary linked with a region or social class 4. Related to body language - the use of gestures, facial expression, etc. 5. A complete unit of talk, bounded by the speaker%27s silence 6. Related to %27small talk%27 - utterances with no purpose but to maintain relationships 7. The omission or slurring of syllables, e.g. %27gonna%27 8. Words/phrases used to signal connections and signpost what is being said 9. Words which soften the force of something said, e.g. %27perhaps%27 10. An indivdually distinctive style of speaking 11. Parallel expressions used in turns - question and answer, etc. 12. The speaker begins utterance, then stops and repeats/rewords it 13. How something is said - stress, rhythm, pitch, tempo and intonation 14. The ways in which words are pronounced, based on region or class 15. Utterances used by listener to show speaker that they are understood |