English Language A level Definitions 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageDefinitionsA2/A-levelAQA Created by: SoppyHarrisonCreated on: 28-09-20 19:51 Cooperative principal A conversation works because the participants abide by certain rules and conventions. 1 of 45 Anaphora A pattern of deliberate repetition 2 of 45 Lexical cohesion Linguistic devices used to enable texts to fit together 3 of 45 Cataphoric Introduces an abstract noun before the noun is introduced 4 of 45 Interrupted constructions Abandoned sentence for another. 5 of 45 Incomplete conjunctions Shortened phrases e.g. calling a footballer by their last name 6 of 45 Disjointed constructions Non fluent features 7 of 45 Proper noun Names of people 8 of 45 Concrete noun Things you can touch or see 9 of 45 Abstract noun Concept, state, quality, emotion 10 of 45 Attributive adjectives Premodifying 11 of 45 Predictive adjectives Post-modifying e.g. revision is brilliant 12 of 45 Auxiliary verbs Before the main verb e.g. could 13 of 45 Active voice Subject is the focus 14 of 45 Passive voice Focus on the object 15 of 45 Progressive tense Continuous 16 of 45 Perfect tense Definite end 17 of 45 Demonstrative pronoun Replace people and things e.g. this 18 of 45 Bound morphemes Not words on their own 19 of 45 Free morphemes Can't be broken down further 20 of 45 Base form Words that can stand alone 21 of 45 Clipping Suffixes dropped e.g telephone- phone 22 of 45 Assimilation Sounds next to each other that become more alike e.g. handbag- ham 23 of 45 Glottal stop Movement of vocal chords that substitute for non-pronunciations e.g. matter 24 of 45 Continuum classification Scale regarding standard English and informal speech 25 of 45 Typology Grouping genres with similar characteristics and traits e.g. poetry 26 of 45 Denotional Literal 27 of 45 Pragmatics Implied meaning, context, assumed shared knowledge 28 of 45 Discourse Genre, purpose, structure, audience 29 of 45 Neologism Words created from nothing 30 of 45 Compound Two words put together 31 of 45 Blend Words mashed together 32 of 45 Elision Words sliding together 33 of 45 Ellipsis Words missed out 34 of 45 Descriptivism All varieties of language are valid 35 of 45 Prescriptivism Some varieties of language are better than others 36 of 45 Syntax Word order and sentence structure 37 of 45 Collocations Perceived word order that seems the wrong way 'round e.g chips and fish 38 of 45 Blended mode A text that contains elements of writing and speech 39 of 45 Intertextuality Where texts borrow or refer to conventions of other texts for a specific purpose or effect 40 of 45 Embodied knowledge What you've experienced 41 of 45 Schema knowldge Using what you've read or watched to create images in your mind 42 of 45 Hypernym topic of a semantic field 43 of 45 Hyponym Words relating to the semantic field 44 of 45 Conceptual metaphor The main/original metaphor 45 of 45
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