ELS 110 Flashcards

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Collection of traditional spoken manual, or written symbols

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Language

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2
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5 Language Roles

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Communication
Personality Speech
Play
Creative Expression
Release of Emotions

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3
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Derives from “writing created with letters” includes texts that are spoken or sung

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Literature

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4
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Literature is from the Latin word

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litaritura/litteratura

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literature is categorized as

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fiction or non-fiction

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Literature is wether

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poetry or prose

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7
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Impersonal mechanical tool used to undo literary texts

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Stylistics

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8
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method of analyzing literary texts

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Stylistics

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9
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choices that language makes available to the user

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Style

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10
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valuable method for making distinctions between literary texts and other language genres

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Language Register

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use to which language is being added

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Language Register

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12
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a speaker or writer does in a given moment with the language

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Language Register

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13
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3 Characteristics of Language Register

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field
tenor
mode

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14
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setting and purpose of the interaction

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field

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the relationship between the participants in the interaction

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tenor

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16
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medium of communication

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mode

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17
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5 Registers or Styles of Language

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Static
Formal
Consultative
Casual
Intimate

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changes seldom or never

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static register

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19
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time & context are “frozen”

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static register

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20
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used in forma environment

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formal register

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21
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follows a generally agreed format

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formal register

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remarks are common

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formal register

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standard mode of communication

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consultative register

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users participate in a networking system

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consultative register

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formal & social perceptions
consultative register
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used by peers and acquaintances. slang, Vulgarities are common and colloquialism
casual register
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group language
casual register
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one must be a member
casual register
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private way of communication
intimate register
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personal & family members
intimate register
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Word Formation Processes also called as
Morphological Process
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means by which new words are produced
word formation processes
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a new word, usage, or expression
neologism
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study of the origin of the word
etymology
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invention of totally new terms
coinage
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sources of coined words
trade names eponyms
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taking over words from foreign language
borrowing/loaning
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a phrase that is introduced into a language through translation
Calque
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interm, memorandum, agenda, pm, am, sponsor
Latin
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pneumonia, panorama, psychoanalysis, psychology, Phyton
greek
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bureau, café, chauffeur, abattoir, attache, a la carte
french
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chakra, mahatma, Nirvana, musk
Sanskrit
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avatar, bungalow, jungle, pajamas, veranda, shampoo, yoga punait, cheetah
Hindi
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two or more words joined together
compounding
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only parts of the words are combined
blending
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shortening a word by deleting
clipping
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types of clipping
Fore clipping Middle Clipping Back Clipping
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deleting the beginning of the word
fore clipping
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deleting the end of the word
Back clipping
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retaining only the middle
middle clipping
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Leak
Dutch
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fore clipping or
apheresis
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middle clipping or
syncope
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back clipping or
apocopation