Talk in life and literature - Key words quiz

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  • Created by: mooolie
  • Created on: 18-01-15 14:05
Dialect
The way somebody speaks because of their region or social group
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Length of turn
How long somebody speaks for in an exchange
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Violate
Accidentally going against rules or conventions
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Adjacency pairs
Two utterances, one after the other, where the first provokes the second response
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Overlaps
Two or more people talking at once
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Paralinguistics
Anything that isn't the actual words, ie, how something is said: such as tone, volume etc
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Interrogative
A question
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Elision
The shortening of words such as 'going to' to 'gonna'
8 of 20
Modal verbs
Verbs expressing necessity or possibility such as 'shall' or 'may'
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Phatic talk
Almost pointless talk to fill awkward silences in an exchange such as talking about the weather
10 of 20
Back channelling
Words used to encourage someone to carry on talking
11 of 20
Flout
Deliberately going against the rules or conventions
12 of 20
Turn taking
Allowing both or all parties to talk during an exchange
13 of 20
Imperative
A command
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Crafted
Text written in a specific way for a specific purpose
15 of 20
Idiolect
The speech habits of a particular person
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Declarative
A statement
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Colloquial vernacular / language
Informal language
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Exclamatory
An exclamation
19 of 20
Exchange
A conversation / talk between two or more people
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Length of turn

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How long somebody speaks for in an exchange

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Violate

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Card 4

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Adjacency pairs

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Card 5

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Overlaps

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This is a fabby quiz and it helps me a lot :)

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