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Words related to listener
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call-and-response
a form of interaction between a speaker and one or more listeners, in which every utterance of the speaker elicits a verbal or non-verbal response from the listener or listeners -
perlocutionary
(of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act. -
alternative question
a question that offers the listener a choice of two or more alternatives and is characterized by rising intonation on each alternative except for the final one, which has falling intonation, as Would you like coffee, tea, or soda? -
ambisonics
the technique of reproducing and transmitting surround sound -
auditor
An auditor is an accountant who officially examines the accounts of organizations. -
conversational implicature
an inference that can be drawn from an utterance, as from one that is seemingly illogical or irrelevant, by examining the degree to which it conforms to the canons of normal conversation and the way it functions pragmatically within the situation, as when “The phone is ringing,” said in a situation where both speaker and listener can clearly hear the phone, can be taken as a suggestion to answer the phone.