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Abstract noun
An idea or concept that only exists in the mind
Accent
The distinct pronunciation patterns of a group of people
Acronomy
Abbreviation using the first letter of a group of words pronounced as a single word
Active voice
Clause construction where the subject is also the actor
Adjacency pair
A pair of utterances in a conversation that go together
Adjective
A word that modifies a noun
Adverb
A word that modifies a verb telling you how, where or when the action takes place. It can also modify adjectives
Adverbial
Part of a clause or sentence which identifies where, when, how by modifying the verb
Affordance
Linguistic and behavioural choices provided by tehcnology
Agenda setting
When the speaker sets up the main topic of conversation
Analogical overextension
Associating objects which are unrelated but have one or more features in common
Anchored relationship
An online relationship where two participants know each other in the offline world
Article
A determiner such as ‘a’ and ‘the’
Asymmetrical power
An imbalance of power between people
Asynchronous conversation
A conversation in which there is a delay between utterances
Audience
The person or people reading or hearing the text
Auxiliary verb
Assists the main verb
Avatar
An image used by a user that accompanies a username
Back channelling
Supportive terms such as ‘oh’ and ‘really’
Bald on-record
When a speaker is completely blunt and direct
Bias
A form of prejudice in favor of, or against an idea, person or group. It can take obvious or implicit forms
Bidialectalism
A speakers ability to use two or more dialects of the same language
Categorical overextension
The most commonly occurring form of overextension. Relates to confusing a hypernym with a hyponym.
