Vocabulary Term 1 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageInvestigating languageA2/A-levelOCR Created by: b0ngleCreated on: 17-09-19 10:44 Register How language changes in form under different circumstances with the degree of formality that the text is written or spoken in. 1 of 43 Occupational Register How the register changes depending on the job. 2 of 43 Genre The category or type of text 3 of 43 Audience Who the text is aimed at 4 of 43 Mode The for in which the text is written or spoken 5 of 43 Purpose What the text is trying to convey 6 of 43 Semantics The meaning and the concepts or words 7 of 43 Personification Giving a non-living object and animal quality 8 of 43 Denotation Literal definition of a word 9 of 43 Connotation Associations made with a word 10 of 43 Etymology Word history 11 of 43 Polysemic Multiple meanings 12 of 43 Semantic Field Patterns of words linked in either meaning, association or connotation 13 of 43 Verbs Action words 14 of 43 Nouns people, places, objects and ideas 15 of 43 Adjectives To describe the noun 16 of 43 Conjunctions Used to connects parts of a sentence 17 of 43 Adverbs When and how a verb is carried out 18 of 43 Pronouns Are use to replace a noun 19 of 43 Prepositions Show how one element relates to another in both time and space. 20 of 43 Adjacency Pair a pair of utterances in a conversation that go together 21 of 43 Phatic Language Conversation that is meaningless but serves to relax people. 22 of 43 Framing Controlling the conversation, done by a higher-status speaker 23 of 43 Openers and Closers adjacency pairs which start and finish a conversation 24 of 43 Self/Other-related or neutral comment speaker makes a point about themselves, someone else or their surroundings. 25 of 43 Positive politeness Showing interest and agreement 26 of 43 Negative Politeness Indirect route, using apologies 27 of 43 Pragmatic failure The meaning implied is not understood by the listener, can be intentional. 28 of 43 Accommodation When speakers adjust their speech to who they are talking to 29 of 43 Upward convergence to be perceived as more prestigious 30 of 43 Downward convergence colloquial language to fit in with peers 31 of 43 Divergence Purposefully standing out, different social class 32 of 43 Over-accommodation Overdoing efforts in a patronising way, can be unintentional 33 of 43 Graphology study of printed and written symbols 34 of 43 Typeface Things like Arial and Times New Roman 35 of 43 Front Size, bold and italics 36 of 43 Ascenders/Descenders Lines in typeface that extend or descend 37 of 43 Neologisms New words due to technology 38 of 43 Compound words Words together to create new words 39 of 43 Contractions Words adjusted by apostrophes 40 of 43 Implication How something was meant to come across 41 of 43 Ambiguity Something with multiple meanings 42 of 43 Determiner procedes a noun and what the noun is referring to 43 of 43
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