English flashcards 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguagetermsASAQA Created by: Leah GlennonCreated on: 12-05-14 11:16 Lexis Vocabulary 1 of 30 Semantics Study of meanings within a text 2 of 30 Grammar Organisation of language 3 of 30 Phonology Study of sounds in a language 4 of 30 Graphology Study of visual features of a text 5 of 30 Pragmatics Study of implicit meanings 6 of 30 Discourse Language of a particular field 7 of 30 Idiolect Language use that is typical of a particular person 8 of 30 Phatic talk Everyday conversation 9 of 30 Expressive talk Communicating feelings, ideas, emotions and opinions 10 of 30 Referential talk Giving information or talking about a particular topic 11 of 30 Transactional talk Interchange between at least two people with purpose of achieving a goal 12 of 30 Initiating Starting up a new topic 13 of 30 Register The relationship between the language and its context 14 of 30 Tenor/tone Social relationships being enacted. Politeness, degrees of formality and relative status of participants 15 of 30 Prosodic features Non verbal aspects of speech 16 of 30 Paralinguistic features Body language, facial expressions etc 17 of 30 Fillers Um Ah Er 18 of 30 Back channel behaviour Listener does this to encourage speaker to continue - mmm 19 of 30 False start start something, stop change mind 20 of 30 Semantic field Group of words which are related in meaning 21 of 30 Concrete nouns Words for things which are visible e.g house, fox 22 of 30 Abstract nouns Names we have for ideas, emotions, qualities, processes occasions and times e.g joy, gentleness, wedding 23 of 30 Proper nouse Names we give to specific places and people e.g tony blair, cardiff, manchester 24 of 30 Common nouns Classify things into types or general categories e.g dog, flower, aeroplane 25 of 30 Adjectives Words that describe nouns 26 of 30 Modifiers Words that describe a noun that can include adjectives berbs and nouns themselves 27 of 30 Verbs Words which express actions and states 28 of 30 Infinitive The base form of a verb 29 of 30 Auxiliary Verb that supports the main verbs. Can be used to indicate the time of action. Main ones are 'to be' 'to have' and 'to do' 30 of 30
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