English Language terminology 1.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LanguageEnglish languageA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: Molly BurkeCreated on: 14-06-16 15:26 Auxiliary verb To conjugate 'be', 'have', 'do'. 1 of 26 Modal auxiliary verb Can, could, may, would, shall, will, should, might, must 2 of 26 Superlative An adjective that displays the most extreme value of it's quality e.g. biggest, smallest 3 of 26 First person pronoun I, me, my 4 of 26 Second person pronoun You, your 5 of 26 Third person pronoun he, him, his 6 of 26 Demonstrative pronoun This, that, those 7 of 26 Monosyllabic lexis Words of one syllable 8 of 26 Polysyllabic lexis Words of two or more syllables 9 of 26 Copula verb Joins an adjective or noun to the subject e.g. is, smells, became 10 of 26 Creole A pidgin language that has evolved to become the main and is learnt by children as their first language 11 of 26 Digraph A combination of two letters to make one sound e.g. 'th' 12 of 26 Dental fricative d, g, b 13 of 26 Plosive s, f, v 14 of 26 Grapheme Letter 15 of 26 Holophrastic stage One word utterances 16 of 26 Telegraphic stage Basic sentence structures 17 of 26 Phoneme Sound 18 of 26 Pidgin A language made up of two or more languages used for specific reasons such as trading. They are not the community's first language 19 of 26 Virtuous error Errors made by children that reveals some understanding 20 of 26 Overextension Applying one rule to another word e.g. Hows (house) 21 of 26 Homophones Words with different meanings that sound the same (where/wear) 22 of 26 Transposition/transliteration Getting the 'b' and 'd' mixed up (somedody) 23 of 26 Uncertainty over prefixes/suffixes Peacefull, lovley 24 of 26 Inversion Solider, beleive 25 of 26 Preposition Refers to the position of the noun (under, after, on) 26 of 26
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