Studied by 4 people
Co-operative Overlapping
Someone talks over another in a supportive manner
Prosodic Elements
The way in which language is spoken such as volume, speed, intonation and stress.
Topic Management
The process by which the subject of the conversation is controlled
Tag Questions
A question added at the end of a sentence e.g. “you do understand, don’t you?”
Unco-operative overlapping
Someone talks over another in an attempt to regain the floor or to disagree with the speaker
Vocative
Used to address a speaker “Jim, what do you think?” “Tell me, Dame Blanche”
Idiolect
Language associated with a person
Implicature
The process by which we make sense of seemingly irrelevant answers to questions. e.g. “Where’s the post office? It’s sunday”
Incomplete Utterance
A speaker doent complete their utterance for different reason e.g. interruption
Opening and Closing sequences
The way in which conversations are began and finished e.g. “Anyway”
Phatic expressions
Utterances used to open the channels of communication e.g. “right then…”
The Politeness Principle
The idea we often seek to be polite when we talk
Discourse Marker
A phatic expression in the middle of a conversation indicationg a change in topic e.g. “anway, so”
Face
The self image the speaker seeks to project in any given conversation.
Grice’s Maxims
Notion that speakers co-operate
Convergance
The idea that when we speak/listen to others we seek to accomodate them so we change our language style
Divergance
Speaking differently to a person but not to accomadate
