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Short definition:

Tails, also known as right-dislocation, are comments that are added to the end of a phrase.
Heads, also known as left-dislocation, are a way to introduce and orient listeners to a topic before
giving information on the topic
Ellipsis is the omission of one or more words, which must be supplied by the listener or reader
for the sentence to be understood. It is also the name of the punctuation mark ("...") used to show
the location of missing words in a direct quote. This mark can also be used to indicate a long
pause or a speech trailing off.

Conversation:
Talking about university chairman election
Rosa : “Hi, Nindia and Alfi.
Nindia & Alfi : “ hi rosa”
Rosa : “How are you today?”
Alfiyero : “I’m great, Thankyou.”
Nindia : “me too, I’m doing great. How about you?”
Rosa : “Same, I’m doing great too.”
Rosa : “Hey, What were you two discussing?”
Alfiyero : “We were just discussing the upcoming university chairman election.”
Nindia : “Yeah, it’s important and we need to make sure that we have the right people in
charge.”
Rosa : “Absolutely, and how many candidates?”
Nindia : “There are two candidates.”
Rosa : “Who is the name candidate one?”
Alfiyero : “Candidate one is jono and joki.”
Rosa : “Then, who is candidate two?”
Nindia : “Candidate two is anto and budi.”
Rosa : “Which one is candidate one?”
Alfi : “That long hair man, and that man is wearing blue alma mater, is the candidate
one .”
Nindia : “Candidate two is the man wearing a white t-shirt and the man who is bald.”
Rosa : “Awesome, so do you guys already know who you’re going to vote for?”
Alfiyero : “I think candidate one.”
Nindia : “I like candidate two.”
Rosa : “What your reason to vote them?”
Alfiyero : “They have a great vision and mission”
Rosa : “How about you?”
Nindia : “Same but I think candidate number two has a better vision and mission.”
Rosa : “I see, their all have good reason, but the election last year, it was really chaos is it
right?.”
Nindia & alfi : it’s right
Rosa : “By the way guys,The weather is really hot today, is that right? I think I want to eat
ice cream from a mixue”
Nindia : “It is already open?”
Alfiyero : “Yes, I went there yesterday with my friends.”
Nindia : “Is there any recommendations?”
Rosa : “I like the ice cream so much.”
Alfiyero : “Same, I like the ice cream too.”
Nindia : “Wow, I want to go there too.”
Rosa : “Let’s go there now.”
Nindia : “No, I forget bring my wallet right now.”
Alfiyero : “that’s okay nindia,I will pay you for the ice cream “
Nindia : “Really? You’re going to pay me for the ice cream?”
Alfiyero:yes,sure,I will pay you
Rosa & Alfi & nindia : “okay

━ ELIPSIS ━

Rosa : “Hi, Nindia and Alfi. How are you today?”


Alfiyero : “I’m great, Thankyou.”
Nindia : “I’m great too. How about you?”
Rosa : “Same, I’m doing great too.”
Rosa : “Hey, what were you two discussing?”
Alfiyero : “We were just discussing the upcoming university chairman election.”
Nindia : “Yeah, it’s important and we need to make sure that we have the right people in
charge.”
Rosa : “Absolutely, and how many candidates?”
Nindia : “There are two candidates.”
Rosa : “Who is the name candidate one?”
Alfiyero : “Candidate one is jono and joki.”
Rosa : “Then, Who is candidate two?”
Nindia : “Candidate two is anto and budi.”
Rosa : “Which one is candidate one?”
Alfiyero : “That long hair man, and that man is wearing blue alma mater, is the candidate one .”
Nindia : “Candidate two is the man wearing a white t-shirt and the man who is bald..”
Rosa : “Awesome, so do you guys already know who you’re going to vote for?”
Alfiyero : “I think candidate one.”
Nindia : “I like candidate two.”
Rosa : “What your reason to vote them?”
Alfiyero : “They has a great vision and mission”
Rosa : “How about you?”
Nindia : “Same but I think candidate number two has a better vision and mission.”
Rosa : “I see, their all have good reason but the election last years, it was really chaos.”
Rosa : “By the way guys, The weather’s really hot today, I want to drink eat ice cream from
mixue.”
Nindia : “It is already open?”
Alfiyero : “Yes, I went there yesterday with my friends.”
Nindia : “Is there any recommendations?”
Rosa : “I like the ice cream so much.”
Alfiyero : “Same, I like the ice cream too.”
Nindia : “Wow, I want to go there too.”
Rosa : “Let’s go there now.”
Nindia : “No, I forget bring my wallet right now.”
Alfiyero : “How about tomorrow?
Rosa : “Okay, What time we go tomorrow?”
Nindia : “How about at 10?”
Rosa : “okay, Let’s go tomorrow”

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