ENGLISH LANGUAGE - AS TERMINOLOGY For all AS English Language students - key terminology needed for the exam 4.0 / 5 based on 3 ratings ? English LanguageASAll boards Created by: LauraCreated on: 17-05-12 15:47 A proper noun... refers to names of people or places 1 of 8 A dynamic verb is... a process where there is a change in state over time 2 of 8 Ellipsis is the missing out of a word or words in a sentence 3 of 8 Euphemisms are socially acceptable words/phrases used to talk about something potentially distasteful 4 of 8 A modifier is a word that qualifies the sense of a noun 5 of 8 An utterance is... a group of spoken words, equivalent to the sentence in written terms 6 of 8 Deixis is a lexical item that points towards something and places words in context 7 of 8 What are common features of spoken discourse? back-channelling, fillers, discourse markers, hedging, false starts, tag questions 8 of 8
General terminology in classification, language frameworks, lexis and semantics 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating
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