What is the term for the omission of sounds or syllables which are present in a word?
Child Language Acquisition Quiz

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English
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University
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Terry Valenti
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Elision
Utterance
Deixis
Modality
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which term refers to fillers that give us time to think and/or to announce that we are thinking?
Clashing
Phatic communication
Non-fluency features
Paralinguistic features
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for dialogue that follows a set pattern of an utterance from one speaker and a response from another?
Adjacency pairs
Turn taking
Back-channel
Pause
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which term describes the perceived position of a person's authority and influence in relation to those around them?
Status
Modality
Hedges and vague language
Repairing
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for unspoken elements of communication such as body language, gestures, and facial expressions?
Phatic communication
Paralinguistic features
Prosodic features
Elision
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which term refers to the tone, pitch, speed, stress, volume, and pauses in speech?
Prosodic features
Non-fluency features
Phatic communication
Elision
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which term is used to describe the polite 'ice-breakers' used when greeting people to initiate a conversation?
Phatic communication
Adjacency pairs
Modality
Turn taking
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