Frameworks Flashcards
Phonology
The study of patterns and systems of sounds in particular languages
Phoneme vs Syllable
The smallest unit of sound in a language which combine to form a syllable.
How many phonemes are there in the English language
44
Orthography
The relationship between the sounds of spoken English and the way that we write
Split diagraph
Where two vowels combine to form one sound but are separated by a consonant
Prosody
Non-verbal aspects of speech such as tone, intonation and stress which can vary the semantics of an utterance
Elision
The way sounds are omitted in speech
Ellison
The way that sounds are omitted in speech
Aural imagery
Prosody in text; the ability of sound to create representations in people’s minds e.g aliiteration, assonance, sibilance and onomatopoeia
Eye dialect
The term used to describe the non-standard spelling and punctuation used by some writers to give the impression of a regional variety of speech
Parallelisms
Features that help to create rhythm through the successive repetition of similar phrases or sentence structures
Accent
A distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with a particular location
Grammar
A whole system and structure of a language usually consisting of syntax and morphology
Noun
A naming word used to describe people, places and objects
Proper noun
Naming words used for specific things such as people or places
Common noun
Nouns used for everyday objects
Abstract noun
Nouns used to describe intangible objects
Concrete noun
Nouns to describe tangible objects
Collective nouns
Nouns used to group objects such as a school of fish
Count (enumerators) and non-count (mass) nouns
Enumerators can be counted while mass nouns cannot be counted
Adjectives (comps and supes)
They are used to describe objects. They can be used to make comparisons with comparatives (sth is more) and superlatives (sth is most)
Attributive and Predictive adjectives
Attributives are pre-modifying while predicatives are post-modifying
Pronouns
Words used instead of nouns to avoid repetition
Personal pronouns
They replace the subject and object of the sentence