Monday, 5 October 2015

Speech terminology


  • 'A pattern of speech in which one utterance is followed by an appropriate linked response' - is the definition of the term..

..adjacency pairs.
  • example of tag questions.

'its cold, isn't it?'
  • Three terms of non standard english.
pauses, hesitation, false starts.

  • Explain the term phatic talk.
phatic talk = small talk,

'Hi, how are you?' 

'Good weather today'
  • 'elp me orf this 'orse' is an example of ellision
  • List the Grices Maxims.
Quantity - too much/too little.

Quality - truth.

Relevance - on topic.

Manner - clear communication.
  • Grice was interesting in creating a fluid conversation.
  • When analysing spontaneous speech we do not refer to it as sentences, we refer to it as:
Utterances.
  • In order to analyse a transcript what three things must you establish an awareness of from the outset.
- context
-age 
-regional situation









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