Spoken Language Features

Transcripts are important to analyse spoken texts because:

• They allow the repeated analysis of texts

• They make it easier to see good and bad language use

• They show words, prosodics and paralinguistic features

• They help create different versions of the text

Spoken language can be

• Unscripted

• Partially Scripted

• Scripted

• Descripted

The speaker makes a mistake or decides to say something else.

• Repair

• False start

• Insertion

• Elision

The speaker contracts going to into gonna.

• Repair

• False Start

• Insertion

• Elision

The speaker loses their train of thought and uses discourse particles to come back to the topic.

• Repair

• False Start

• Insertion

• Elision

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• Unintelligible Sound

• Expletives (Swearing)

• Overlapping Speech

• Laughter

Paralinguistic features include

• Pointing

• Volume

• Nodding

• Eye Rolling

• Tone

Which of the following is a scripted formal speech

• A conversation with friends

• A debate

• Stand up comedian

• A teacher's direct instruction

• A presenter interviewing

Which of the following is an unscripted formal speech

• A conversation with friends

• A debate

• Stand up comedian

• A teacher's direct instruction

• A presenter interviewing

Which of the following is a partially scripted informal speech

• A conversation with friends

• A debate

• Stand up comedian

• A teacher's direct instruction

• A presenter interviewing