Spoken Language Features Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• ellipsis : leaving out words because they are understood in context.
• repair : when a speaker recognises a mistake or misunderstanding and corrects it.
• false start : beginning to speak, stopping, and starting again with a new structure.
• back channelling : small responses from a listener to show attention or encouragement.
• repetition : repeating words or phrases, either deliberately for emphasis or accidentally while planning speech.
• interrogative : a question form used to gain information or check understanding.
• overlaps : when two or more people speak at the same time.
• interruptions : when one speaker cuts across another to take the floor.
• fillers : sounds or words used to give thinking time.
• discourse markers : words or phrases that organise what we say, signalling shifts or connections.
• hedges : words/phrases that soften or weaken the force of what is said.
• elision : the omission of sounds in connected speech.