English Language Terminology

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  • Created on: 12-11-19 10:05
What is the mode?
the method of communication
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What is the field?
the subject matter
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What is the purpose of the text called?
the purpose
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Define the audience of a text
the readers/listeners
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What is discourse?
extended texts/any conversation
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What are the various meanings and context called?
semantics and pragmatics
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Syntax is...?
relationships between words in sentences
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What is lexis?
words, tenses, vocabulary
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Define morphology
the structure of words
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What are icons and symbols termed as?
graphology
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What are speech sounds and intonation called?
phonetics, phonology, prosody
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Who devised the Properties of Language?
Hockett
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Displacement is...
when something is not in an immediate environment
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The absence of a natural connection between linguistic meaning is...
arbitrariness
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What is productivity?
creating new utterances
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What is cultural transmission?
language from different cultures
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Define discreteness
sounds are distinct (foil/soil)
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Define duality
sounds are distinct but having meaning
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