e Flashcards
IPA
international Phonetic Alphabet
Elision
the omision of one or more sound in a word
paralllesim
the use of similar words, clauses , gramma and sentence structure
intergection
a word or phrase used to demand somthing
auxilirary verb
used with regular verbs to help convey mood, or voice
preposition
used to link nouns pro nouns and other words in a sentence
proper nouns
Proper nouns = Specific names, always capitalized (e.g., “Australia”).
Common nouns
Common nouns = General terms, not capitalized (e.g., “country”).
Modal verbs
verb that expresses necessity or possibility. English modal verbs include must, shall, will, should, would, can, could, may, and might.
Australian colloquialisms
informal aussie words and phrases used to show a relaxed and casual tone. eg arve, frog and toad,
connotation
the use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning, which is known as denotation. eg blue is a color but is also used to say some one is sad
how many sentence types
4
wich sentence type: The bear growled
simple sentence
wich sentence type: ‘This house is too expensive, and that house is too small.
compound snetence
wich sentence type: Although it was raining, they decided to go for a walk.
complex sentence
wich sentence type:”Although he was tired, John stayed up late to finish his project, and he still managed to get to work on time.
- Compound-Complex Sentences:
prosidic feature
Tempo, tone, volume, pitch and stress
jakobson functions of language
referential, poetic, emotive, conative, phatic, and metalingual functions.
Antithesis
a contrast or opposite.
pidgin
a type of language that is created between groups of people of two or more language backgrounds when there is no existing ligua franca. Often a majority of the lexicons are in a pidgin are taken from one language more than the other.
Creole
Creole: a language that often develops from a pidgin. It becomes a creole when it is useful to the community and the children learn it as a first language.
