English Key Terms 5.0 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? English LanguageKey TermsASAQA Created by: selvenCreated on: 21-04-18 12:30 Turn-Taking The process of taking turns in a conversation, where only one speaker speaks at a time 1 of 27 Superlative Adjective Expresses the highest level of quality of the adjective e.g 'fastest' 2 of 27 Simple Sentence A sentence that has only one clause 3 of 27 Prosodics How we use rhythm, stress, intonation and pace in speech to create particular effects 4 of 27 Phatic Talk Speech which is designed to maintain social relationships, often used to start a conversation 5 of 27 Modal-auxiliary Verb Expresses degrees of possibility, probability or necessity e.g 'might', 'may' 6 of 27 Minor Sentence A sentence that has some missing elements, such as the subject or the verb 7 of 27 Lexical Field Identifies the main subject matter of a text 8 of 27 Interrogative A question- swapping round the subject and the verb- ends with a question mark 9 of 27 Impertive A command- a type of sentence where the subject is usually left out and the verb is in its bare form, e.g. 'give the hat to me' 10 of 27 Idiom A form of common, non-literal expression e.g. 'I was dead on my feet' 11 of 27 High Frequency Lexis Words that appear often in everyday speech 12 of 27 Discourse Marker Marks a change in direction in an extended piece of written or spoken text 13 of 27 Determiner Words determining the number or status of the noun e.g. 'an', 'a', 'the' 14 of 27 Complex Sentence A sentence that has two or more clauses, one of which is a subordinate clause, which is a clause that depends on the main clause to exist 15 of 27 Collocation Two or more words that are often found together in a group or phrase with a distinct meaning e.g. 'back to front' 16 of 27 Clause A structural unit that contains at least one subject and one verb 17 of 27 Back-Channelling Supportive terms that show aknowledgement 18 of 27 Auxiliary Verb A verb used in foring the tenses, moods and voices of other verbs. Primary auxiliary=be, do, have Modal auxiliary=can,could,may,might,must,shall 19 of 27 Abstract Noun Refer to ideas and concepts that only exist in the mind 20 of 27 Adjacency Pair A pair of utternces in a conversation that go together e.g. question and answer 21 of 27 Adjective A word that modifies a noun, a describing word 22 of 27 Adverb A word that modifies a verb telling you how, where or when an action takes place; can also modify adjectives e.g. 'really' 23 of 27 Compound Sentence Has two or more clauses usually joined to the main clause by conjunctions and depends on the main clause to exist 24 of 27 Compound Complex Sentence A sentence that has three or more clauses one of which will be a subordinate clause an one or which will be a coordinate clause 25 of 27 Concrete Nouns Refer to things we can touch or can experience physically 26 of 27 Declarative A statement- a type of sentence which gives information 27 of 27
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