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  • Created on: 13-01-13 16:53
Abstract noun
A noun that refer to a concept, state, quality or emotion (e.g 'love')
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Accent
The distinctive way a speaker from a particular region pronounces words
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Acronym
A new word made from the initial letters of all the words in a name or phrase (e.g NASA)
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Active voice
When the subject of the sentence is directly performing the verb
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Adjacency pair
Dialogue that follows a set pattern, e.g when speakers greet each other
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Adverb
A class of words that modify verbs according to time, place, manner, frequency, duration or degree. They can also sometimes modify nouns and adjectives too
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Affixation
The process of adding a prefix or a suffix to an existing word to change either its meaning or grammatical function
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alliteration
When two or more words close to each other in a phrase begin with the same sound
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Allusion
When a text or speaker refers to a saying or idea outside the text or conversation
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amelioration
When a word gains a more positive meaning
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antonyms
Words with opposite meanings
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archaism
An old-fashioned word or phrase that isn't used in Present Day English
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article
A kind of determiner that shows if the reference to a noun is general (a) or specific (the)
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aspect
A verb's aspect shows whether the action it refers to is already completed, or if it is still taking place
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assimilation
When sounds next to each other in a spoken word or sentence are pronounced in a different way from normal to make them easier to say
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assonance
When the main vowel sounds of two or more words that are close together in a text are similar or the same ('low smoky holes')
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auxiliary verbs
verbs used before a main verb to give extra information e.g i HAVE seen him
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babbling
The production of short vowel/ consonant combinations by a baby acquiring language
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back-formation
When a suffix is removed to create a new term
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behaviourism
A theory of language acquisition that suggests children learn language through a process of imitation and reinforcement
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blending
When parts of two words are combined to make a new one
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borrowing
When words from one language fall into that of another due to contact
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broadening
When a word that has quite a specific meaning becomes more general over time
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CDS
The way caregivers talk to children
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clause
The simplest meaningful unit of a sentence
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cliche
A expression that has lost its novelty due to overuse
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clipping
When a shortened version of a word becomes a word in its own right
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cluster reduction
When a child only pronounces one consonant from a consonant cluster, e.g pay instead of play
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cognitive theory
A theory of language acquisition that suggests that children need to have developed certain mental abilities before they can acquire language
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Coining
creating new words
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compound
A new word created by combining two or more existing words
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Connotation
The associations that are made with a particular word
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contraction
A word that is formed by shortening and combining two or more words e.g don't
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conversion
When a word becomes part of a different word class in addition to its original sense
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cooing
The earliest sound made by children where they experiment with moving their lips and tongue
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Critical Period Hypothesis
A theory that was made popular by Lenneberg (1967), which says that if a child doesn't have any language interactive before the age of 5/6, their language development will be minor after this point
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deletion
What a child drops a consonant in a word
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denotation
The literal meaning of a word
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descriptivism
The belief that no language use is wrong and that all variations should be considered rather than corrected
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dialect
The distinctive lexis, grammar and pronunciation of a person's spoken language, usually effected by the region they are from
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egocentric
The early mental stage of children where they tend to only understand things existing in relation to themselves
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Estuary English
The accent that originally came from the Thames Estuary area n London, but is now heard outside the area and may be replacing RP
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euphemism
When certain words are used when discussing a touchy subject to make it sound less harsh
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The distinctive way a speaker from a particular region pronounces words

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Accent

Card 3

Front

A new word made from the initial letters of all the words in a name or phrase (e.g NASA)

Back

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Card 4

Front

When the subject of the sentence is directly performing the verb

Back

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Card 5

Front

Dialogue that follows a set pattern, e.g when speakers greet each other

Back

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Very useful :)

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