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VCE Stuff => VCE English Studies => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE English Language => Topic started by: tcvc on January 22, 2019, 05:34:04 pm

Title: floor holding strategies
Post by: tcvc on January 22, 2019, 05:34:04 pm

Hi, I was wondering what methods can be used to hold the floor in a presentation/ conversation? Thanks

Title: Re: floor holding strategies
Post by: cookiedream on January 23, 2019, 05:28:43 pm

Quote from: tcvc on January 22, 2019, 05:34:04 pm

Hi, I was wondering what methods can be used to hold the floor in a presentation/ conversation? Thanks

Here's a short list of features that are commonly associated with holding the floor:

- Voiced fillers, such as 'umm' and 'err'
- Discourse markers, such as 'I mean', 'you know' and 'like'
- High Rising Terminal at the end of an utterance