English language vocab 41-60 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LanguageASAQA Created by: Harriet ShepherdCreated on: 04-04-13 16:29 Possessive pronoun A pronoun that demonstrates ownership. 1 of 20 Lexical words Words that carry explicit meanings and are open to new additions and derivations of the word classes they represent. 2 of 20 Functional words Less explicit meanings and serve to highlight relationships between other words. 3 of 20 Material processes Describing actions or events. 4 of 20 Relational processes Describe states of being, identification or attributes. 5 of 20 Mental processes Describing perception thoughts or speech. 6 of 20 Dynamic verbs Verb process changes over time e.g. He ate cake. 7 of 20 Stative verbs Describes state of affairs rather than an action e.g. Know. 8 of 20 Base form Simple form of an adjective, serving to modify. 9 of 20 Comparative The form for comparing two items; adjectives inflected with -er or combined with more. 10 of 20 Superlative Adjectives inflected with -est or combined with "most" are in superlative form. 11 of 20 Cohesion A measure of how well a text fits together as a whole, it's internal logic and construction. 12 of 20 Referencing When lexical items replace those already mentioned or about to be mentioned. 13 of 20 Anaphoric referencing Referencing back to an already stated lexical item. 14 of 20 Cataphoric referencing Referencing forwards to an as yet undisclosed lexical item. 15 of 20 Substitution The replacing of one set of lexical items for another. 16 of 20 Ellipsis The missing out of a word or words in a sentence. 17 of 20 Denotation A strict 'dictionary' definition of a lexical item. 18 of 20 Connotation An associated, symbolic meaning relying on culturally shared conventions. 19 of 20 Semantic or lexical field Lexical items that are similar in a range of meaning and properties. 20 of 20
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