General Key Terms Flashcards
The omission of a word which is assumed
Ellipsis
The name when a mass audience are spoken to as if they are an individual
Synthetic personalisation
Shared knowledge
Diexis
Underlying or implied meanings
Pragmatics
‘Ought’ ‘should’ ‘must’
Deontic modal verbs
‘Will’ ‘shall’ ‘have’
Epistemic modal verbs
‘Ran’ ‘jumped’
Verbs
‘Nice’ ‘lovely’
Empty adjectives
‘Quickly’ ‘yesterday’ ‘at the park’
Adverbial clause
‘I’ ‘you’
Personal pronouns
Direct address
‘We will bake, we will cook, and we will eat’
Anaphora
A01
Terminology
A02
Concepts and issues
A03
Context
‘Quivered’
Material verb
Semantic derogation
Negative meaning attached to word/item
Semantic deterioration
Process of having negative connotations attached
What is implied
Denotation
Literal thoughts
Connotation
Semantic nonequivalences
Same sex words which have gained different connotations
Covert prestige
Lowering grammar to fit in
Overt prestige
Making language more correct formal
Material verbs
Describe actions of events
Relational verbs
Describe thought or speech ‘love’ ‘believe’ ‘think’
Actor
individual responsible for action of a verb process
Affected
Person affected by material verb process
Phatic talk
Small talk