English Lang Paper 1 0.0 / 5 ? Media StudiesTerminologyASAQA Created by: thepin123Created on: 20-05-16 10:42 Speech mode Ephemeral, spontaneous, face to face, lower status 1 of 47 Writing mode Permanent, planned, decontextualised, highly structured 2 of 47 Blended mode Includes features of both speech and writing. Shown in computer mediated communications 3 of 47 Computer mediated communications Communications on computers: forums, social media, texting etc. 4 of 47 What is a noun a 'naming' word 5 of 47 Proper nouns names of people and places 6 of 47 Abstract nouns names of a state rather than objects e.g. feelings, happy 7 of 47 Concrete nouns a noun that refers to a physical thing you can touch e.g. elephant 8 of 47 What is a verb a 'doing' word 9 of 47 Material processes Describe action or event e.g. hit, run, eat 10 of 47 Relational processes Describe states of being e.g appear, be, seem 11 of 47 Mental processes Describe perception, thoughts e.g. think, speak 12 of 47 Dynamic processes Describe change in state over time e.g. paint, remove 13 of 47 Auxiliary verbs Verbs used before the main verb in a sentence to give extra information e.g do, have, be 14 of 47 What are adjectives Words that describe a noun e.g beautiful, old, ugly 15 of 47 What are adverbs Words that modify a verb, adjective, another adverb or a sentence e.g happily, very or frankly 16 of 47 Pronoun they take the place of the noun 17 of 47 Personal pronouns replaces people or things e.g I, we, you, he, she 18 of 47 Indefinite pronouns don't refer to a specific person or thing e.g anybody, someone 19 of 47 Possessive pronouns my, your, his, her 20 of 47 Sentence types Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative, Exclamative 21 of 47 Declarative sentence Statements that give information e.g the summer was the hottest on record 22 of 47 Imperative sentence give orders and instructions, they start with a main verb and don't have a subject e.g go forward 23 of 47 Interrogative sentence ask questions e.g where are you going? 24 of 47 Exclamative sentence convey force of a statement, usually end with an exclamation mark e.g I hate you! 25 of 47 Syntax word order in a sentence 26 of 47 Determiner a modifying word that determines the kind of reference a noun has e.g a, the, every 27 of 47 Prescriptivist view any English other than Standard English is grammatically incorrect 28 of 47 Descriptivist view language is always changing, slang is part of the development 29 of 47 Affordances and Limitations what you can and can't do 30 of 47 Dominant ideologies social and cultural views held by the majority 31 of 47 Initialism an abbreviation consisting of the initial letters pronounced separately (BBC) 32 of 47 Acronym a word formed from the initial letters of other words (NASA) 33 of 47 Pre-modifier come before the noun 34 of 47 Post-modifier come after the noun 35 of 47 Prosodic features How things are said, the stress, pitch, temp etc. 36 of 47 Paralinguistic features It is the use of gestures, facial expressions and other non-verbal features to add meaning to the speakers message 37 of 47 Phatic talk small talk e.g how are you? Fine. Cold Isn't it? Freezing. 38 of 47 Sociolect speech used by a particular social group 39 of 47 Idiolect how an individual speaks 40 of 47 Tag questions Turns statements into questions e.g It's a bit expensive round here, isn't it 41 of 47 Vague language statements that sound imprecise e.g what sit, or whatever, thingummy 42 of 47 Elision the slurring of one or more sounds or syllables e.g gonna = going to 43 of 47 Ellipsis missing part of a grammatical structure e.g you going to the party (missing 'are' at the beginning) 44 of 47 Filler inserted into speech to allow time to think e.g 'um', 'er' 45 of 47 Hedge Words and phrases which soften or weaken the force e.g 'maybe', 'I think', 'possibly' 46 of 47 Intertextuality text within a text 47 of 47
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