Features of a Spoken Text
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- Body language is very important in understanding a conversation or speech
- In a conversation, sentences are often short or fragmented
- Pauses or silences may have their own meaning
- Often colloquial speech is used in a conversation
- Formal for speeches
- The tone influences the listener
- Loudness varies to keep engagment
- There are degrees of modality, depending on the indention of the speaker; very, may, probably, must, could, really, quite, perhaps, sometimes… These build a sense of the speaker’s attitude.
