English Language Terminology 4.5 / 5 based on 3 ratings ? English LanguageASAQA Created by: Lydia WrightCreated on: 06-03-13 12:18 Phonology How it's said. 1 of 51 Orthology How it's spelt. 2 of 51 Sociolect A variety of speech associated with a particular group within a society. 3 of 51 Jargon Specialist Language. 4 of 51 Lexis Word Choices e.g. formal/informal. 5 of 51 Grammar The order of words and punctuation. 6 of 51 Discourse The conversation itself. 7 of 51 Pragmatics Context, purpose, relationship. 8 of 51 Theorists People who make theories. 9 of 51 Colloquial Language specific to a certain place/group. 10 of 51 Semantics Meaning of words. 11 of 51 Graphology Visual elements of a text. 12 of 51 Declarative Statement. 13 of 51 Interogative Question. 14 of 51 Exclamatory Exclamation. 15 of 51 Imperative Command. 16 of 51 Accent The way it's pronounced. 17 of 51 Dialect Features of lexis and grammar that are regionally based. 18 of 51 Common Features What you'd expect to see. 19 of 51 Rules/Etiquette Politeness- what people follow e.g turn taking on the phone. 20 of 51 Constraints Limits. 21 of 51 Affordances What it allows you to do. 22 of 51 Interlocutor The other person in the conversation. 23 of 51 Forum A discussion group. 24 of 51 Asynchronous Not an instant reply. 25 of 51 SVO Subject, Verb Object (most sentence structures). 26 of 51 Assonance Vowel sounds- "oo". 27 of 51 Prepositions Related words in terms of time, place, direction and possesion e.g. "in". 28 of 51 Definite Article "The". 29 of 51 Indefinite Article "A" and "An". 30 of 51 First Person Pronoun "I". 31 of 51 Connectives "Because". 32 of 51 Prefix Goes at the start of a word e.g. "IR-regular". 33 of 51 Suffix Goes at the end of a word e.g. "Com-ING". 34 of 51 Coordinating Conjunctons "And, but, either, or, neither, nor". 35 of 51 Subordinating Conjunctions "Until, although, if, because"... 36 of 51 Relative Pronoun "Who, which". 37 of 51 Auxiliary "To be, to have..." In front of main verb. 38 of 51 Modal Verbs "Can, could, may, might, must, should, will, would and ought to". 39 of 51 Enjambment When poems' lines run from one to another. 40 of 51 Adjectives Describe a noun. 41 of 51 Bathos Build up of something and the shoot it down- comedy. 42 of 51 Pronouns Used in place of noun e.g. "His". 43 of 51 Pathetic Fallacy The setting reflects the mood. 44 of 51 Anaphoric Reference Using proper nouns first and then pronouns. 45 of 51 Cataphoric Referencing Using pronouns first and then proper nouns. 46 of 51 Denotation What the object literally is e.g. Rose- flower. 47 of 51 Connotation Associated meaning of an object e.g. Rose- love. 48 of 51 Parallel Syntax Words that mirror each other. 49 of 51 Semantic Field Words linked together in their "field". 50 of 51 Epistemic Modals "Could, should, would". 51 of 51
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