Spoken Language Features

Assosciated with Spoken Language,

Used to construct Voice.

Feature	Meaning
Tone	Language choices that convey emotion or attitude.
Diction or Lexcial Choice	Word Choice.
Dialogue
Accent	The ways in which words are pronounced, usually assosciated with a geographical region
Back-Channel	Words, phrases and non-verbal indicators that usggest the listener is paying attention to the speaker, such as “I see”, or “oh” or “uh-huh”
Dialect	Grammer and Vocabulary that is particular to a specific region.
Elision	The Omission of slurring of syllables or words, such as ‘gonna’ and ‘g’day’.
Ellipsis	The omission of part of a sentence to create a casual tone, such as ‘You going out tonight?’ (mssing ‘are’) or ‘Don’t know, You?’ (missing ‘I’ and ‘are’).
Enunciation	The clear pronounciation of words.
Filler	Words and non-verbal indicators that allow a brief time to think or pause, such as ‘um’, ‘ah’ or an exaggerated thoughtful expression
Fluency	The quality of speech in terms of its fluid and error-free delivery.
Idiolect	An individual person’s style of speaking.
Intonation	The expression or tone carried by the voice; also refers to whether the voice is rising, falling or emaining at the same pitch.
Modality	The degree of uncertainty conveyed through language choices and spoken language features such as tone and fluency.
Non-verbal features	Features that inform spoken communication such as eye contact, gesture, posture and movement.
Pace or tempo	The speed at which a person speaks.
Pause	A break or hesitation in speaking.
Pitch	The sound frequency (high or low) of a voice.
Register	The degree of formality of language used.
Rhythm	The measured flow of speech, established through patterns in diction, pace, intonation, stress etc.
Sociolect	A style of speaking assosciated with a particular social group.
Stress	Emphasis, created through diction, pauses, intonation etc.

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