Language Frameworks

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What is Morphology?
How words/lexical items form morphemes (smallest unit of grammatical meaning)
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What is Syntax?
How lexical items are sequenced into larger units of language. phrase-> clause -> sentence
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How do noun phrases effect audience and purpose?
Audience: aiming text towards specific audience due to lexis specific language and modification. Purpose: Persuade & inform through description of the nouns
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What Primary auxiliaries?
Identify's the tense
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What are Modal auxiliaries? What effect on purpose do they have?
Identify's the mode. Technique of persuasion.
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What does a conjunction do?
They link words together.
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What does a preposition do?
Shows relation in terms of time or place.
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What does a pronoun do?
They replace nouns.
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I am a pronoun that replaces a noun, for example 'you'. What type of pronoun am I?
Person Pronoun.
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I am a pronoun that replaces a noun, for example 'his'. What type of pronoun am I?
Possessive Pronoun.
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Define Didactic
teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.
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Presupposition
to suppose or assume beforehand.
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I am a pronoun that refers bak to a person in a longer stretch of text, for example 'Myself'. What type of pronoun am I?
Reflexive Pronoun.
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I am a pronoun that refers bak to an object in a longer stretch of text, for example 'those'. What type of pronoun am I?
Demonstrative Pronoun.
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I am a pronoun that refers bak to a person or object in a longer stretch of text, for example 'who' 'which'. What type of pronoun am I?
Relative Pronoun.
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I am a noun that names people or places, eg London, Charlotte. What noun am I?
Proper Noun.
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I am a noun that refers to feelings and concepts. They have no physical state, eg Pain, Happiness. What noun am I?
Abstract Noun.
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I am a noun that refers to objects of physical existance, eg Table, Book. What noun am I?
Concrete Noun.
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I am a verb that describes actions or events, eg Hit, Run. What verb am I?
Material Verb.
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I am a verb that describes a state of being or are used to identify, eg appear, become. What verb am I?
Relational Verb.
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I am a verb that describe perception, though or speech, eg think, speak, believe, love. What verb am I?
Mental Verb.
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I am a verb process that changes state over time, eg remove, paint. What verb process am I?
Dynamic Verb Process.
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I am a verb process that remains the constant in situation, eg love, hold, believe. What verb process am I?
Stative Verb Process.
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What is an adjective that describe nouns called?
Base Adjectives.
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What is an adjective that compares items? eg small - smaller
Comparative Adjective.
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What is an adjective that is said to be the most? eg small - smallest
Superlative.
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What is an adjective of equivalent meanings?
Synonym
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What is an adjective of opposite meanings?
Atonym
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What is a Hyponym?
Words of hierachal structure, general to specific. eg animal - English Labrodor.
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What is pragmatics?
The intended meaning beyond the literal meaning; implied.
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What does Pragmatics rely on?
They rely on shared knowledge between the author and receiver (tenor).
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What is the co-operative principle?
A suggestion that all communication is essentially a cooperative act.
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What are Paul Grice's Maxims?
Quantity: use apprpriate amount of detail. Quality: speak truth & don't mislead purposefully. Relevance: keep discussion relevant to the topic. Manner: avoid vagueness & ambiguity
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What is deixis?
Lexical items that point towwards something or someone. Speakers use in shared context.
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What is discourse stucture?
How texts are organised into coherent wholes.
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What discourse structures are there?
List/instructions, Problem-solution, Analysis, Narrative.
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What are adjacency pairs?
2 utterances that have natural/logical link
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What is an exchange structure?
A series of turns between speakers
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What is the IRF model?
Initiation, response, feedback. common in classroom context.
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What is an insertion sequence?
Aditional sequence with exchange structure.
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What is a transition relevance point?
A point where a speaker naturally takes a turn.
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What is phonetics/ phonology?
sounds of English. Sound patterns & effects in texts.
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What are the conosonant groups?
Plosives (b, p, t, d, k, g) Fricatives (f, v, s, z, sh) Nasals (m, n, ng)
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What are lexical onomatopoeias?
'crash' 'bang' words sounds that are similar to real-world actions.
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What are non-lexical onomatopoeias?
'grr' 'vrrroom' sounds that are similar to real world sounds.
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What is an assonance?
The repetition of vowel sounds.
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What is an consonance?
The repetition of consonant sounds.
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What is a homophone?
Words which sound the same as other words but spelt differently.
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What is Phonemic substitution?
The replacing of one phoneme by another to create effect.
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What are homophones and Phonemic substiution commonly used for?
Common in comedy and jokes.
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