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Spoken Language
Question | Answer |
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Pause | When someone stops speaking for an amount of time. |
Fillers | Sounds like 'um' or 'er'. |
Phatic Utterances | A meaningless phrase. |
Overlaps | When two people speak at the same time. |
Interruptions | When one person starts speaking before another is finished. |
Hedges | Words used to fill gaps in conversation such as 'like'. |
Repairs | Starting to say one thing but then stopping and saying something different. |
Terms of Address | Different ways of referring to someone other than their name. |
Courtesy Items | Polite terms such as 'thank you'. |
Slang | Informal language, often shortened forms of words. |
Repetition | Repeating words or phrases. |