spoken discourse
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspokenanddiscourse
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spoken
verb
uk/ˈspəʊ.kən/us/ˈspoʊ.kən/
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discourse
noun
uk/ˈdɪs.kɔːs/us/ˈdɪs.kɔːrs/
languagespecialized
the use of language to communicate in speech or writing, or an example ...
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(Definition ofspokenanddiscoursefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofspoken discourse
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The examination of authenticspokendiscoursewas not slow in coming.
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A planning frame was taken to have the size of a tone unit inspokendiscourse.
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It may even include, as part of the text, some portions of simulatedspokendiscoursein the form of direct quotation.
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Like other forms ofspokendiscourse, the sermon genre has specific, definable patterns.
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Since actually is much more frequent than in fact inspokendiscourse, as noted before, it is natural that the same pattern is found here.
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These two features seem to me especially relevant to the analysis ofspokendiscoursebecause of its elusive nature.
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Moving from theory to data, the next three chapters offer checklists for identifying, describing, and analyzing metaphors inspokendiscourse.
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As she observes, this patterning in naturalspokendiscourseis the exact opposite of what would be expected on the basis of the 'distance' parameter.
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The same may be true of direct quotes in the other types ofspokendiscourse.
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One configuration of the two types of schools inspokendiscourseas indexical of a center and periphery has already been noted.
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The results also indicate a very low frequency for the linguistic form elsewhere in both written andspokendiscourse.
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In the last two chapters fourspokendiscourseskills are considered : conversation, narration, persuasion, and negotiation.
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First, actually was 3.7 times more frequent than in fact inspokendiscourse.
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There is an additional function that both actually and in fact can serve inspokendiscourse.
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First of all, subject extraposition is slightly more frequent in written discourse than inspokendiscourse(1.94 versus 1.46 occurrences per 1,000 words).
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It is this recurrent link between high text frequency inspokendiscourse, stylistic insensitivity, and nonnative argumentative writing which could have been spelt out more explicitly.
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