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What is formal lexis?

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Serious and impersonal

Tends to use standard English vocabulary

Unlikely to contain slang

Words won’t be abbreviated, e.g. “Do not” instead of “don’t”

Includes Latin roots

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What is a conversion

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Where the word classes of existing words are altered

E.g. Water can be a noun (the water) and a verb (to water)

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What is a suffix/prefix?

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Suffix: before the root/stem of the word, e.g. -tion, -ness, -ish

Prefix: before the root/stem of the word, e.g. Multi-, dis-, trans-, sub-

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What is a neologism?

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A new word commonly created for science & technology, e.g. Email, genome

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What is a semantic field?

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(Also called lexical fields)

Groups of words that are connected in meaning, e.g. Classroom, teacher, lesson, etc.

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What is a synonym?

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Words that have similar meanings, e.g. “Grub” and “comestibles” are synonyms for food

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What are antonyms?

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Words with opposite meanings?, e.g. Hot/cold, male/female

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What is a hypernym/hyponym?

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Hypernym: a general word

Hyponym: a specific word with a meaning that’s linked to the hypernym

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What is jargon?

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Specialist vocabulary associated with a particular occupation/activity

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What is a pre/post-modifier?

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Pre: before the noun

Post: after the noun

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What are the four sentence functions?

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Declarative: gives info

Imperative: gives orders

Interrogative: a question

Exclamative: has an expressive function

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What is idiolect?

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The unique language of an individual, e.g. Grandmother = “nan”

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What is a euphemism?

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Jargon that is used as a substitute for harsher sounding words, e.g. “She passed away”

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What is deixis?

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A reference to something that can’t be understood unless you know the context, e.g. Date, location, time, etc.

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What are the four main purposes a piece of text is generally trying to achieve

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To inform
To instruct
To persuade
To entertain

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What is an idiom?

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Spoken metaphors, e.g. “It’s raining cats and dogs”

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What are discourse markers?

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Words/phrases that mark the beginning or end of a conversation.
Often conjunctions/connectives
E.g. “Anyway…”, “so…”, “others disagree…”

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What are borrowed words?

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Using words from another language within English, e.g. Cliché, café, risqué

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What is an initial position conjunction?

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A conjunction used at the beginning of a conversation, e.g. “So…”

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What is tripling?

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Often referred to as ‘the power of three’

“Newer, shinier, brighter”

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What’s an imperative?

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Using the verb at the beginning of a sentence

“Remember where we’ve come”

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What is a minor sentence?

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A sentence that lacks the correct grammar

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What is informal lexis?

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Vocabulary that is often relaxed, familiar & conversational

Commonly contains slang

Contains more monosyllabic words, e.g. “nice” “grub”

Abbreviations, e.g. Can’t, you’ll, etc.