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AQA A Level English Language > 16.2 The origins of English > Flashcards

16.2 The origins of English Flashcards

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AQA A Level English Language (73 decks)

1. What does language study mean at A Level?

2. Text producers and receivers

3. Mode and genre

4. Language use and language users

5. Language level 1: Lexis and semantics

6. Language level 2: Grammar

7. Language level 3: Phonetics, phonology and prosodics

8. Language level 4: Graphology

9. Language level 5: Pragmatics

10. Language level 6: Discourse

11. Introduction to analysing texts

12. Becoming a language investigator

13.1 Textual variations

13.2 Language analysis: methods and approaches

13.3 Language analysis: genre and mode

13.4 Language analysis: audience and purpose

13.5 Introduction to representations

13.6 Language and representations: people, social groups and gender

13.7 Language and representations: events, places and issues

13.8 Exploring similarities and differences between texts

13.9 Bringing textual variations and representations together

14.1.1 The process of spoken acquisition

14.1.2 A historical overview of acquisition theory

14.1.3 Environmental factors

14.1.4 Pragmatics

14.1.5 Discourse

14.1.6 Lexis and semantics

14.2.1 Early exposure to printed language

14.2.2 Learning to read

14.2.3 The process of writing development

14.2.4 Attitudes and theories about learning to write

14.2.5 Environmental factors

14.2.6 Handwriting and orthography

14.2.7 Lexical and grammatical development

14.3 Bringing child language and development together

15.1 Varieties and diversity - an overview

15.2 Geographical varieties of English

15.4 Phonological variations: our accent

15.5 Personal and social varieties of English

15.6 Bringing language diversity together

16.1 Studying language change

16.2 The origins of English

16.3 Lexical change

16.4 Semantic change

16.5 Orthography

16.6 Grammatical change

16.7 Grammatical change

16.7 Standardisation

16.8 Why does change happen?

16.9 How does change spread?

16.10 Bringing language change together

17.1 What is a language investigation?

17.2 Choosing an area to investigate

17.3 What approach could you take?

17.4 Data collection

17.5 Data selection

17.6 Writing your investigation

17.7 Bringing language in action together

18.1 The writing process

18.2 The style model

18.3 The power of persuasion

18.4 The power of storytelling

18.6 The drafting process

18.7 Writing a commentary

18.8 Referencing your work

18.9 Bringing original writing together

19 Textual variations and representations (Enriching)

20 Language development (Enriching)

21 Language diversity (Enriching)

22 Language change (Enriching)

23 Language investigation (Enriching)

24 Original writing (Enriching)

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