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GCSE - Spoken language study - Terminology
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- 1Paralinguistic features-body language
- the way you project your voice
-facial expressions - 2AccentThe way words are pronounced
- 3DialectThe words used according to an area
- 4ModerationTo change your accent or dialect to fit a situation
- 5SocialectWays of speaking in a social group
- 6JargonSpecialised words particular to a specific thing
- 7IdiolectWords that are individual to you
- 8Received pronunciation (RP)An accent where words are pronounced correctly.
Makes people sound more educated.
Suggests authority. - 9Standard EnglishA dialect where the correct words (not slang) are used in the correct order.
- 10FillerFillers are used to give people thinking time while holding on to the conversation.
-errrmm
-ahhh
-weeelllll
-like - 11Overlapping (//)When people speak over each other.
Shows: enthusiasm, power, the need to take over, rudeness - 12Covert prestigeWhen people change how they speak to fit in with a group.
Used to make people sound more 'common' or 'working class' - 13Overt prestigeWhen people change how they speak to seem posher.
- 14Agenda settingWhen a person introduces/decides a subject.
- 15Initialism-LOL
-OMG
-BRB - 16Ellision-gonna
-wanna - 17False startWhen a person starts a sentence but then starts it again
- 18Phatic talkSpeech where no point is made. Known as 'small talk'
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