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77 Cards in this Set
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Approximants |
R, J, W |
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Assonance |
Repetition of a vowel sound for effect |
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Acronym |
An abbreviation used as a word which are made up of the initial letters of a phrase |
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Adverb |
Describes a verb |
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Adjective |
Describes a noun •colour •texture •size •material •opinion •age |
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Affordance |
Things you are able to do/say because of different multi modal platforms |
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Antecedent |
Thing you replace with a pronoun |
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Amelioration |
When a word picks up positive connotations |
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Blend |
When the sounds of two words blend together to form one word |
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Contraction |
Putting two words together in order to shorten |
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Conjunctions |
And, so, then, because |
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Covert prestige |
A concept Forms of language which go against social norms and attempt to create status in a social group through its use |
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Consonance |
Repetition of the consonant sound for effect |
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Constraint |
Relates to language features which attempt to control the response/topic of another speaker |
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Cue |
How you say something to give an indication as to how others participate |
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Clipping |
A new word produced by shortening an existing one Eg. Removing syllables |
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CMC |
Computer mediated communication |
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Compound |
Two words put together or form one |
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Collocation |
Juxtaposition of one word with another or the action of placing things side by side |
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Contronyms |
A word which has two different, contradictory meanings |
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Dialect |
A form of language used within a particular geographical region which varies from that if standard English |
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Discourse |
A stretch of language (spoken, written or multimodal) |
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Denotation |
A literal meaning |
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Diectic |
Words used to show shared knowledge within a contextual situation |
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Declarative |
A statement |
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Deontic |
Expressing an obligation |
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Determiners |
Qualify the noun |
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Descriptivism |
An attitude to language use that seeks to describe it without judgement |
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Enumeration |
A numbered list |
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Ellipsis |
Leaving words out of a sentence |
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Epistemic |
Expressing certainty and truths |
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Fricative |
F, v, s, z, sh |
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Face work |
General term |
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Function |
Subtle, underlying purposes to dictate structure of language |
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Grammar |
The term used to refer to the structural aspects of language. •verb tense •word class •how words are organized |
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Graphology |
How a text is presented visually •image •font •colour |
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Genre |
The type of text shown through its purpose |
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Gerund |
When you can use a verb as a noun |
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Grammatical parallelism |
Mirroring vocabulary; similar to repetition and repeated in a syntactical pattern |
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Hedge |
Adds uncertainty without being specific. Often used to soften |
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Homophone |
A word with the the same sound by different spelling or meaning |
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Imperative |
A command |
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Intensifier |
Strengthens the meaning of a n expression |
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Implicature |
What is implied by the text |
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IRF |
Initiation Response Feedback |
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Imposition |
Language used to be impolite or embarrassing |
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Idiom |
Phrase which is non-literal and reliant on the connotational meaning |
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Lexis |
Word it vocabulary in language. I.e. You can refer to slang or colloquial lexis |
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Lexical onomatopoeia |
Actual lexical items that rely on a similarity between sound and meaning |
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Mode |
Spoken or written forms of language |
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Mild taboo |
Informal and can be viewed as rude |
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Grammar |
The term used to refer to the structural aspects of language. •verb tense •word class •how words are organized |
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Mitigating intensifier |
Softens the meaning of something |
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Non standard pronouns |
Grammar and syntax The use of 'us' instead of 'me' |
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Non-serif |
Clear fonts which are easily understood |
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Noun |
A name given to an object or concept |
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Nasals |
M, n, ng |
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Non-lexical onomatopoeia |
Not real lexical items which work in the same way as lexical onomatopoeia |
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Negative face |
Showing understanding of how someone may receive what you have said, but expressing it with a negative lexical item |
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Negative politeness |
Not to impose on a listener or recipient •Deference •Pessimism •Apologising •Impersonalising •Hedging |
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Overt prestige |
Seen as having status in society and often using standard English |
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Prepositions |
A word which typically indicated direction, position or relationships |
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Graphology |
How a text is presented visually •image •font •colour |
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Phonology |
Study of the system of sounds |
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Prosododics |
Pitch, volume, rhythm or intonation of language |
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Pragmatics |
The assumptions made about what is meant |
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Plosives |
B, p, t, d, k, g |
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Phonetics |
Actual sounds of speech and how they are articulated |
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Phoneme |
Smallest unit of sound |
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Personal power |
When someone's role puts them in a position of automatic or perceived power |
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Positive face |
Showing understanding in regards to how someone receives what you said and is expressed in a positive or complimentary manner |
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Purpose |
Contextual aspects |
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Phatic talk |
Language patterns in spoken discourse which seems to be trivial or small talk |
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Pejorative |
Negative or judgmental |
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Present progressive |
Something which is still taking place |
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Pejoration |
When a word picks up negative connotations over time |
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Drop cap |
The large initial letter of a piece of text which drops below the first line |
