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