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| Mentioning something by saying you won't mention it. |
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| A pattern of making a statement, questioning the statement and answering the question in speech. Rhetorical technique often used in debates. |
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| Repitition of the start of a sentence. |
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| Repition of the end of a sentence. |
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| Lists of three. Eg "Reputation, reputation, reputation!" |
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| Repition where the final clause is changed slightly for effect. "Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation!" |
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| A balance of two or more similar words, phrases or clauses. |
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A kind of reverse parallelism - where two phrases with different meaning are parallel.
"My only love sprung from my only hate" |
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Modifying sentence fragments intended to lessen the impact of the rest rest of the sentence.
"You are a bit stupid" |
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| The rule that in speech the interlocuters should always be truthful, and say only what they have evidence for. |
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| Grice's Maxim of Quantity |
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| The rule that in speech speakers should give enough information, but not too much, depending on context. |
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| Grice's Maxim of Relation |
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| Rule of speech: Be relevant |
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| Rule of Speech: Be clear and orderly |
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A sudden and irrelevant topic shift.
"How are you?"
"I like trains". |
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| Returning to an old topic that was conversed before the last topic shift |
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| Correcting a lexis that was said incorrectly. "Pass me the spoon- i mean fork." |
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| A pause filled with an utterance such as "err", suggesting non fluency. |
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An informal phrase that has taken on outside meanings.
"He kicked the bucket" actually means "he died".
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A phrase or metaphor used frequently. A sign of non-fluency.
"Driving me up the wall" |
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| The style, tone and formality of speech on a sliding scale from informal to highly formal. |
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