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Conceptual metaphor

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One concept in terms of another

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Critical discourse analysis (CDA)

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Studying lang that focuses on aspects of social power and inequality in texts

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Dominiative suffix

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Adding a suffix that makes the word drop down in power level e.g governor and governess

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Marked term

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Changed with suffix or affix to express meaning

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Unmarked term

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Original word that hasn’t been changed- default

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Semantic field

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Words that link with eachother with a certain meaning

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Synthetic personalisation

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The construction of a relationship between producer and consumer

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Declarative sentence

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Makes a statement

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Imperative sentence

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A command

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Determinator

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A person/thing that proceeds an adjective

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Modifier

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Words or phrases that limit or add to a word

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Lexis

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Vocab of language

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Semantics

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Study of how meaning is created through lexis

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Grammar

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System of rules that govern how phrases are constructed

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Phonology

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Study of sounds in english including spoken lang

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Pragmatics

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Lang in use- social convention, context and personality influences lang choices

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Graphology

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Study of the appeared of writing and effect on the text

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Discourse

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An extended piece of spoken or written lang

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Determiner

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Used at the beginning of a noun phrase to show what your referring to e.g The

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Modifier

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A word or phrase that changes a sentence to give more information

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Qualifier

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A word that limits or adds to another words meaning