English Language A2 WJEC 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LanguageInvestigating languageA2/A-levelWJEC Created by: NoidCreated on: 02-06-14 20:55 Adjacency pair question and answer 1 of 47 Asynchronous discourse delayed time between utterences 2 of 47 Closing strategy moving to end of conversation 3 of 47 Covert prestige RP speakers using non-standard speech (Trudgill) 4 of 47 Overt prestige non-standard speakers using RP (Trudgill) 5 of 47 Definite article (the) gives effect of uniqueness 6 of 47 Demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those) 7 of 47 Deontic modal auxiliary verb (should, must) expresses obligation 8 of 47 Diminutive suffix (ess, ette, ies) expresses cuteness, smallness 9 of 47 Discourse marker indicates change in topic 10 of 47 Disjointed construction not proper sentences 11 of 47 Dysphemism to the point phrase 12 of 47 Epistemic modal auxiliary verb express possibility (shall, will, could) 13 of 47 Indefinite article (a) expresses commonality 14 of 47 Morphology study of the formulation of words 15 of 47 Order of precedence putting male first suggests superiority 16 of 47 Personal deixis (he, she, it, they) 17 of 47 Phatic small talk 18 of 47 Pragmatic meaning implied meaning in relation to context 19 of 47 Pre-closing sequence signals one (or both) speaker wishes to end the conversation 20 of 47 Proximal deixis (here, this, now) 21 of 47 Quantifiers (few, many, enough) 22 of 47 Spatial deixis (there, that, these, here) 23 of 47 Synchronous discourse live talking 24 of 47 Synthetic personalisation forging relationship 25 of 47 Temporal deixis (then, tomorrow, yesterday, soon, now) 26 of 47 Typography font, text size 27 of 47 Variant spelling deliberately non-standard spelling for effect 28 of 47 Modal auxiliary Verbs that are only used with another verb (can, must) 29 of 47 Prescriptivism identifies correct and incorrect language use (Fowler) 30 of 47 Cohesion Words that connect parts of the text together (aforementioned, firstly) 31 of 47 Descriptivism Doesn't judge if language use is correct or incorrect (Hare) 32 of 47 Accommodation Theory Giles. Convergence and divergence 33 of 47 The Co-operative Theory Grice's Maxims of quantity, quality, relevance, manner 34 of 47 The 'Face' Theory Goffman. Maintaining face of self and others in social standings 35 of 47 The Politeness Principle Brown and Levinson. Positive and negative politeness 36 of 47 Women's Language Theory Robin Lakoff. Hedges, tag questions, apologise more, avoid expletives 37 of 47 Middle English 1150-1500 38 of 47 Early Modern English 1500-1700 39 of 47 Modern English 1700-1900 40 of 47 Late Modern English 1900- 41 of 47 Caxton's printing press 1476 42 of 47 Latin influence 1500s and 1600s 43 of 47 Samuel Johnson's dictionary 1755 44 of 47 Robert Lowth's grammar book 1791 45 of 47 1800s Expansion of British Empire 46 of 47 1900s Emergence of USA as superpower 47 of 47
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