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Spoken Language
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pause | When someone stops speaking for an amount of time. |
| Fillers | Sounds like 'um' or 'er'. |
| Phatic Utterances | A meaningless phrase. |
| Overlaps | When two people speak at the same time. |
| Interruptions | When one person starts speaking before another is finished. |
| Hedges | Words used to fill gaps in conversation such as 'like'. |
| Repairs | Starting to say one thing but then stopping and saying something different. |
| Terms of Address | Different ways of referring to someone other than their name. |
| Courtesy Items | Polite terms such as 'thank you'. |
| Slang | Informal language, often shortened forms of words. |
| Repetition | Repeating words or phrases. |