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Declarative Statement

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a statement with relays information

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Interrogative Statement

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clauses associated with questions

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Imperative Statement

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sentence which requests instructions, usually start with imperative verbs

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Exclamatory Statement

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expresses a strong feeling, usually identified with a question mark

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What’s Normalisation?

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The process of turning language items into nouns or noun phrases.
e.g. “he’s a natural”

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Ellison

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the omisson of a sound IN SPEECH
e.g. cup of tea - cuppa tea
got to go - gotta go

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Collocation

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certain words which go together to creat meaning
e.g. safe and sound, blood, sweat and tears
- can be idioms or cliches

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Idioms

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expressions whose meaning cant be identified from individual words

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proverbs

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short truth statements to give advice
e.g. keep friends close but enemies closer

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Chliches

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overused expressions so they lose impact and seen irritating

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euphemism

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words or phrases substituted for others considered more harsh
- to soften phrases or be polite
e.g. sex - sleep together
break wind - fart

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