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WorksheetsSpoken Language
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Facial expressions and gestures are typical in spoken language and are known as...
synchronous speech
paralinguistics
graphology
fluency
Expressions that cannot be understood unless the context of the utterance is known are referred to as...
vague
phatic
deictic
unvoiced
Words and expressions such as 'you know', 'like', 'sort of' and 'I mean', are known as...
fillers
filled pauses
unvoiced pauses
digressions
'Small talk' and other politeness strategies are usually known as...
phatic expressions
non-fluency features
collocations
slang
Two-part exchanges that follow a predictable pattern are known as...
adjacency pairs
overlaps
repairs
turn-taking
How do you distinguish between an overlap and an interruption?
Decide whether it is cooperative or competitive
Look at the vocabulary
Decide if the speakers like each other
Look at the paralinguistic features
Which of these is not one of Grice's Maxims?
Quality
Quantity
Formality
Manner
Which linguists developed Face & Politeness Theory?
Fairclough
Grice
Brown & Levinson
Giles
Our positive face needs are...
wanting to be liked / admired
wanting to feel free
wanting to be attractive
wanting to feel safe
A negative politeness strategy is...
rudeness
flattery
making a suggestion rather than giving an order
showing that you like someone
Which of these is a positive politeness strategy?
using a modal verb
being indirect
apologising
giving a compliment
Adjusting our speech to match another person is known as...
convergence
divergence
a face-threatening act
back-channeling
Language that is particular to a social group is known as...
dialect
idiolect
sociolect
genderlect
In terms of prestige, how would you describe RP and Standard English?
high prestige
low prestige
covert prestige
proper prestige
Which linguist conducted the 'New York Department Store' Study?
Peter Trudgill
Lesley Milroy
William Labov
Jenny Cheshire
Which linguist conducted the 'Martha's Vineyard' study?
William Labov
Penelope Eckert
Harriet Powney
Peter Trudgill
Who studied the pronunciation of speakers from Norwich?
Lesley Milroy
Peter Trudgill
Harriet Powney
Jenny Cheshire
Specific terms/vocab choices that show a speaker belongs to a social group are known as...
matched guises
convergence
social networks
shibboleths
People who judge different varieties of English, believing that some are right and some are wrong, are known as...
descriptivists
prescriptivists
Which accent was voted the least attractive in a YouGov poll in 2014?
Geordie
Estuary English
Scouse
Brummie
