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What is Deixis?

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Pointing to something within a text

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What is a personal pronoun?

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refers to a particular person, group, or thing (I, You, He, She, it, etc.)​

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What is a Possessive Pronoun?

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takes the place of a noun to show ownership (mine, yours, etc.)​

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What is a Reflexive Pronoun?

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used when the subject and the object of a sentence are the same (myself, yourself, etc.)

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What is a Demonstrative Pronoun?

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use to talk about something specific (These, Those, This, That)

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What is a Relative Pronoun?

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pronouns used to introduce a relative clause (who, that, which)

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What is intertextuality?

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When a text makes reference to another existing text for effect

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What is a determiner?

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A word that comes before a noun or noun phrase to clarify if the noun is specific or general.

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What is the definite article?

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The

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What is the indefinite article?

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A/an

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What is a quantifier?

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A word to give information about the quantity of a noun

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What is a preposition?

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Words which show the location of a noun

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What is a co-ordinating conjunction?

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A linking word which connects independent clauses or phrases, giving equal importance to each section

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What is a subordinating conjunction?

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A linking word which connects an independent clause with a subordinate clause

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What is an abstract noun?

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The lexis which refers to states, feelings and concepts that do not have a physical existence

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What is a concrete noun?

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The lexis which refers to things with a physical existence

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What is a verbal verb?

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The lexis which is linked to the process of making sounds

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What is a material verb?

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The lexis which refers to a physical action

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What is a mental verb?

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The lexis which shows internal processes e.g. thinking

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What is a relational verb?

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The lexis which describes states of being e.g. be, appear, seem

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What is a dynamic verb?

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The lexis which describes actions we can take, or things that happen; they have a continuous form (Chis is kicking the ball)

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What is a stative verb?

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The lexis which describes states/conditions unlikely to change (possession, feeling, perception, mental processes, identity); typically, they do not have a continuous form (Chris is having a car)

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What is an attributive adjective?

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Adjectives placed before the head noun e.g. the dangerous animal

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What is a predicative adjective?

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Adjectives placed after the head noun e.g. the day was good

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What is a superlative adjective?
Adjectives that express the highest quality of something
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What is a comparative adjective?
An adjective that makes a comparison between two things
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What is amelioration?
A process where a word or phrase develops more positive connotations
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What is pejoration?
A process where a word or phrase develops more negative connotations
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What is archaic language?
Old fashioned language which isn’t typically used any more
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What is broadening?
A type of semantic change where the meaning of a word becomes broader or more inclusive
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What is narrowing?
A type of semantic change where the meaning of a word becomes narrower or less inclusive
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What is a neologism?
New words that enter the language
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What is an Acronym?
An abbreviation consisting of initial letters which then create a new word
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What is an initialism?
An abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced separately
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What is an eponym?
A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, book, etc., is named
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What is a compound word?
A word which is caused by two or more full words being joined together
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What is a blend word?
Where two or more words are joined together but parts are omitted E.g. Skort
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What is Truncation?
Shortening a polysyllabic word by deleting one or more syllables e.g. Deli (delicatessen)
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What is affixation?
When an affix is added to create a new word
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What is denotation?
The literal meanings of words
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What is an antonym?
Words which mean opposite things
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What is a synonym?
Words which mean the same thing
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What is a collocation?
Routinely placing words or phrases together (it sounds natural to a native speaker) e.g. Home and Dry
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What is an idiom?
An expression where the meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements
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What is a Euphemism?
Using a more socially acceptable word or phrase
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What is a Dysphemism?
Using a blunt or direct word instead of a more polite or indirect alternative
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What is Anaphora?
The deliberate repetition of the first part of a clause/sentence
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What is Epistrophe?
The deliberate repetition of the last part of a clause/sentence
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What is Morphology?
The smallest unit of language – this could be a root word or a collection of letters
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What is an inflectional morpheme?
A type of suffix which shows either plurality or verb tense
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What is a derivational morpheme?
A type of affix which changes the meaning of the root word
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What is a Noun Phrase?
A noun with adjectives and/or determiner
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What is a Verb Phrase?
A verb with an auxiliary or modal verb
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What is an Adverbial?
A phrase which adds further information to the verb, typically specifying place or time
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What is a Fronted Adverbial?
An adverbial phrase which has been moved to the front of the sentence and is usually separated from the main clause with a comma E.g. All night long, we danced.
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What is an Auxiliary Verb?
A verb which precedes the main verb to form part of a verb phrase – they can be categorised as primary and modal E.g. Have, Might
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What is a Modal Auxiliary Verb?
A verb which shows degrees of certainty, desirability obligation – they cannot occur alone
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What is Deontic Modality?
Expressions that highlight a sense of obligation or necessity
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What is Epistemic Modality?
Expressions that highlight degrees of possibility
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What is Boulomaic Modality?
Expressions that highlight wishes and desires
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What is the Perfect Aspect?
An inflection of a verb which shows the action is completed – shown through have + past participle
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What is the Progressive Aspect?
An inflection of a verb which shows the action is ongoing or habitual – shown through be + -ing
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What is a Subordinate Clause?
A clause which is not complete by itself and as such, cannot form an independent sentence
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What is a Conditional Clause?
A specific type of subordinate clause which express an imagined situation or condition and the possible result of that situation – it is usually introduced with either if or unless
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What is a Relative Clause?
A specific type of subordinate clause which adds more information to the noun and is usually introduced with a relative pronoun
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What is Pragmatics?
Exploring how contextual factors such as background knowledge influence meaning
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What is a Tag Question?
A short question added at the end of a sentence, often inviting agreement with the speaker. Sometimes seen to be used as seeking reassurance
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What is Hedging?
A word or phrase that makes a statement less forceful or assertive.
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What is a Schema?
The bundle of knowledge about a concept, person or event
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What is Presupposition?
Any information which is taken for granted within discourse

A Level English Language - Year 13 (10 decks)

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