Language Key Labelling Terms

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Polysemic

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Word with more than one meaning e.g. bow

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Connotation

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Associated meaning of words, context dependant

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Denotation

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Dictionary meaning of the word

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Semantic field

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Pattern of words with similar meanings

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Lexical Vs Semantic field

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Identifies main fields vs not the main subject matter

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Determiners

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Determine status or number of the noun

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Concrete noun

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Nouns we can physically experience

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Abstract noun

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Nouns for concepts of the mind

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Proper nouns

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Nouns for specific people, places or things

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Possessive determiner

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Determiner which shows who the noun belongs to

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Definite article

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The

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Indefinite article

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A or an

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Pronoun

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Words standing in place of noun

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Comparative

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Comparing adjective

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Superlative

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The most of the adjective

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Primary verbs (3)

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Be, have, do

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Auxiliary verb

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Assists the main verb and forms longer phrases

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Modal auxiliary

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Verbs with degrees of possibility

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Dynamic verb

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Describes something happening

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Stative verb

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Describes something as is

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Active voice

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Where subject is the actor

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Passive voice

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Where subject is not the actor

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Progressive aspect

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Where the action is continuous

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Perfect aspect

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When the verb action has been completed

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Subordinate clause

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Clause depending on main clause to make sense

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Coordinate clause

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Clause beginning with a coordinating conjunction

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Adjacency pair

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Pair of utterances that go together

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Pragmatic failure

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Where implied meaning is misunderstood

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Back channeling

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Supportive terms 'oh' 'really'

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Face

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Speakers self esteem

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Positive face

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The need to maintain self esteem

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Negative face

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Desire to avoid something we don't want to do

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Maxims (4)

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Quantity, quality, relation, manner

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Accommodation

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Where a speaker adapts to another speakers accent

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Upwards/downwards convergence

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Modifying language to be more prestigious/informal

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Overt prestige

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Dialect used by culturally powerful group

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Covert prestige

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High social status through use of non-standard forms

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Divergence

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Speaker actively distancing themselves through speech

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Intensifiers

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Adverb for emphasis

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Phatic talk

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Speech used to create personal connections

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Ellipsis

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Omission of superfluous words

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Linear

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A, usually expected, sequence of navigating the text

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Non-linear

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No expected navigation of the text

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Exophoric reference

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Reference to something beyond the text