Accent and Dialect

What is the term for the ways in which words are pronounced, which can vary according to the region or social class of a speaker?

• Accent

• Dialect

• Ellipsis

• Hedge

What are parallel expressions used across the boundaries of individual speaking turns, usually ritualistic and formulaic socially?

• Adjacency pairs

• Back-channel

• Discourse marker

• False start

Which term refers to words, phrases, and non-verbal utterances used by a listener to give feedback to a speaker?

• Back-channel

• Contraction

• Deixis

• Filler

What is the omission of part of a grammatical structure, often conveying a more casual and informal tone?

• Ellipsis

• Elision

• Contraction

• False start

What are items called that do not carry conventional meaning but are inserted in speech to allow time to think or create a pause?

• Filler

• Ellipsis

• Deixis

• Idiolect

Which term is also known as a voiced pause and includes items like 'er', 'um', and 'ah'?

• Filler

• Back-channel

• False start

• Hedge

Which term describes typical and normal characteristics of spoken language that interrupt the 'flow' of talk?

• Prosodic features

• Pragmatics

• Non-fluency features

• Repairs

What does the term 'paralinguistic features' relate to?

• Body language

• Small talk

• Discourse analysis

• Turn taking

Which term refers to conversational utterances that have no concrete purpose other than to establish or maintain personal relationships?

• Phatic talk

• Interactional talk

• Transactional talk

• Utterance

What does 'pragmatics' focus on in discourse analysis?

• Body language

• Contexts and purposes

• Stress and rhythm

• Social dialects