6/08/24 Flashcards
What does M stand for in MRGAP?
Mode
What does Mode mean?
The form that a text takes eg.spoken/written. The physical channel of communication
What does R stand for in MRGAP?
Register
What does Register mean?
Tone,formality and emotive content of the discussed event. Specialised language can determine the formality of a particular group (eg. medical register would be medical texts and sixth form register would be for students)
What does G stand for in MRGAP?
Genre
What does Genre mean?
What it is and the concept that allows us to have an opinion based on the characteristics of the text.
What does A stand for in MRGAP?
Audience
What does Audience mean?
Who is the intended audience and who may encounter it under different circumstances. Actual writer&reader and Implied writer&reader. Mass/broad , narrow/niche
What does P stand for in MRGAP
Purpose
What does Lexis mean?
Lexis refers to vocabulary (words) and their word class
What does Purpose mean?
The writers intention (eg.entertain/persuade/inform)Sometimes multi-purpose. Primary purpose = first purpose & subsidiary = Secondary purpose
Give examples of nouns
A noun is the name of a person, place or thing (eg. girl,boy,home,school)
Give examples of an adjective
describes the noun or pronoun (eg. kind,happy)
Give examples of adverbs
Describes the verb, adjective or another adverb (How: eg. quickly, slowly Where: outside When: today To what extent: barely)
Give examples of an verb
Can tell what action someone or something is doing. (eg. Run, sit, jump or state of being: am, are, were)
What are closed word-classes?
No new members. Pronoun, preposition, article, conjunction, interjection
What are open word-classes?
Open to new members (new words) The open word classes are nouns ,verbs, adjective, adverb
Give examples of pronoun
Used in place of a noun (eg. I, she, he, it, they)
Give examples of prepositions
Combines a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that tells us something about another word in a sentence (eg.from, to, over, with )
Give examples of articles
Used before a noun in a sentence (eg. a, an , the)
Give examples of conjunctions
Joins together single words or groups of words in a sentence (and, but , or , nor)
Give examples of interjection
Expresses strong feeling or emotion (Help!, Oh !, Ouch!)
What is a high frequency lexis?
Common/ everyday speech
What is a low frequency lexis?
uncommon to use everyday
