Annotation Flashcards
1
Q
Analysing the way language is shaped according to…
A
- Audience
- Purpose
- Genre
- Mode
- Context
2
Q
Analysing the way language is used to…
A
- Construct meanings and representations
2. Enact relationships between writers, speakers and audiences or between participants within a text.
3
Q
When analysing, it’s important to take into account…
A
- Methods of language analysis
- How identity is constructed
- How audiences are addressed and positioned
- The functions of the texts
- The structure and organisation of the texts
- How representations are produced.
4
Q
What areas of language have to be analysed?
A
- Phonetics, phonology and prosodics: how speech sounds and effects are articulated and analysed
- Graphology: the visual aspects of textual design and appearance
- Lexis and semantics: the vocabulary of English, including social and historical variation
- Grammar, including morphology: the structural patterns and shapes of English at sentence, clause, phrase and word level
- Pragmatics: the contextual aspects of language use
- Discourse: extended stretches of communication occurring in different genres, modes and contexts.
5
Q
Analysis of graphology must include…
A
- Font style- emotion suggested/ assumption about reader
- Font size- effect created/ eye catching/ importance
- Positioning of text- relevance/ what fights for reader’s attention/ house style
- Text image cohesion- relevance of image/ link to lexis
- Colours- assumes what about readers?/ issue/time of year/ context/ lexis link
- Lexis- genre/audience/purpose/devices/effects