A distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language, esp. one associated with a particular nation, locality, or social class.
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Abbreviation
A shortened form of a word or phrase.
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Acronym
A word formed from the initial letters of other words (e.g., radar, laser).
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Adjacency pairs
An adjacency pair is a unit of conversation that contains an exchange of one turn each by two speakers.
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Adjectives
A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.
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Adverbial
An adverbial is a group of words that functions in the same ways as an adverb. eg before the play functions like the adverd yesterday.
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Back-channel
Back-channelling is a way of showing a speaker that you are following what they are saying and understand, often through interjections like I see, yes, OK and uhu.
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Colloquialism
A colloquialism is an informal expression, that is, an expression not used in formal speech or writing.
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Card 2
Front
A shortened form of a word or phrase.
Back
Abbreviation
Card 3
Front
A word formed from the initial letters of other words (e.g., radar, laser).
Back
Card 4
Front
An adjacency pair is a unit of conversation that contains an exchange of one turn each by two speakers.
Back
Card 5
Front
A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.
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