AS English Vocab

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An utterance and response that are often seen together
Adjacency Pairs
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Where a words meaning lessens overtime
Amelioration
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Using the proper noun first, and then using pronoun
Anaphoric Reference
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Helps to establish when the action takes place
Auxiliary Verb
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Where a word is shortened by removing the latter part of the word
Backformation
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Using a series of pronouns before using the proper noun
Cataphoric Reference
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Words that habitually go together
Collocation
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The type of sentence function that states something/describes something
Declarative
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Words that come before a noun to determine it
Determiner
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A word with the same spelling but a different meaning and sound
Homonym
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Words that sound the same but have different spellings depending on their meaning
Homophone
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An 'umbrella' noun that encompasses many other nouns
Hypernym
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The words within the hypernym, with narrorer meanings than the umbrella noun
Hyponym
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The type of sentence function that commands
Imperative
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The type of sentence function that is a question
Interrogative
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A new word
Neologism
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Features of conversation outside speech
Paralinguistic Features
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Where a word's meaning strengthens overtime
Perjoration
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Used to position things in a sentence
Preposition
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Words (usually adjectives) that come before a noun to describe it
Premodification
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Words that come after a noun to describe it
Postmodification
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Aspects of voice (pitch, volume, stress) that contribute to understanding
Prosodic Features
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Writing a list of three things just for flow
Triadic Structure
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Where a child makes a mistake with their language, but follows a grammatical rule that would be acceptable for other words
Virtuous Error
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Card 2

Front

Where a words meaning lessens overtime

Back

Amelioration

Card 3

Front

Using the proper noun first, and then using pronoun

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Helps to establish when the action takes place

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Where a word is shortened by removing the latter part of the word

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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