AS English Language - Other Terminology inc 'face' and deixis 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageTerminologyASAQA Created by: _Phoebo_Created on: 16-05-16 19:35 Temporal Deixis Refers to something (related to time) tempory near to you, without saying what it is, eg now, later, tomorrow 1 of 27 Proximal Deixis Refering to something close to you ie an object without saying what, eg this, these 2 of 27 Distal Deixis Refering to something further away from you ie an object without saying specifically what, eg those, there 3 of 27 Acronym Words that you pronounce as initials eg DVD, SMS 4 of 27 Blending Making a new word by using existing parts of older words 5 of 27 Cohesion The way sentences or utterances join together to form a whole text 6 of 27 Collocation / colloquial Words that you commonly see together, eg train station, bangers and mash 7 of 27 Determiner Help to determine what a noun is refering to, eg a, the, those, my etc 8 of 27 Discourse Structure The internal structure of a text 9 of 27 Endearment A term used to address someone without using their name 10 of 27 Face-threatening act Something that threatens a persons self image; types include positive and negative 11 of 27 Juxtaposition Two opposites, eg hot/cold, good/bad, heaven/hell 12 of 27 Negative face The need to not feel imposed on by another person 13 of 27 Positive face The need to be liked/approved of by others 14 of 27 Preposition A word typically indicating positions or directions eg on, of, under 15 of 27 Free morpheme A morpheme that can exist on its own as an independant word, eg (un)believable 16 of 27 Graphology All visual aspects of a text, including logos, colour, typeface etc 17 of 27 Hypernym The title of a category for the subcategories (hyponym), eg 'colour' 18 of 27 Hyponym The sub-categories of a category (hypernym) eg blue, pink, yelllow 19 of 27 Idiom An expression whose meaning doesn't depend on what the individual words mean, eg 'raining cats and dogs' meaning its raining heavily 20 of 27 Modifier Add infomation about the previous/next word eg he ran QUICKLY 21 of 27 Passive Voice Changing the layout pf the sentence so that the thing or person being acted upon is pushed to the front, eg 'a good dinner was ate (by me)' 22 of 27 Relativizer Another wprd fpor relative pronoun - thypically go at the start of subordinate clauses eg which, who, that 23 of 27 Semantic field A pattern of things throughout a text, eg mentioning of flower 24 of 27 Standardization The process of which a form of language is developed and used as a common code 25 of 27 Synonym Words with similar meanings eg 'happy' and 'joy' 26 of 27 Tautology Producing redundancy in meaning by saying the samee thing twice 27 of 27
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