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What is discourse?

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A stretch of text (can be spoken, written or multi modal) considered in its context of use

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Discourse structure

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The way in which a narrative is expressed (dependent on form)

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Discourses

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Repeated ways of talking or writing about a subject

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What are Labov’s narrative categories

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Abstract, orientation, complicating action, resolution, coda

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What is abstract

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Indication that the speaker wants a listeners attention

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What is orientation

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The ‘who’ ‘where’ ‘what’ and ‘why’ - it sets the scene and provides background information that the speaker sees as important

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What is complicating action

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The main body of the narrative

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What is resolution

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The ending of the narrative that ties up loose ends and provides closure

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What is coda

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A signal that the narrative has ended

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10
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What does semantics mean

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The study of meaning of words, phrases and sentences

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What is hyponymy

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The way of viewing the relationship between more general and specific words

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Euphemism

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A more socially acceptable word/phrase

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Dysphemism

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Using a blunt or direct word

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Taboo

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Something that is off limits or forbidden

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What does Godwin’s story structure include?

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Story preface, story solicit, preliminary to the story, story action, story climax, story appreciation

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What is story preface

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A signal that a speaker wants to listen

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What is story solicit

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A response from someone else that they want to listen to the story

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What is preliminary to the story

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Background information to the story, ‘who’ ‘what’ ‘where’ and ‘why’

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What is story action

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The main body of the narrative

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What is story climax

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The conclusion of the narrative

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What is story appreciation

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Signals from the audience that communicate their response to the narrative. This might be at points during the story or at the end and could be laughing, questions or agreements

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What is an adjacency pair

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A simple structure of two turns

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What is preferred response

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The second part of the pair that fits with the first

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What is dispreferred response

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Second part that doesn’t fit with the first or is not what the speaker wants to hear

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What is insertion sequence

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An additional sequence between the two parts of the adjacency pair

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What is exchange sequence

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Sequence of turns between speakers

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What is transition relevance place

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A point where it is relevant for a speaker to take a turn

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What are constraints

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The influence of a more powerful speaker who can have an influence on a less powerful one

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What is phonology

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An abstract sound system detailing how sounds are used within and across language

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What are phonetics

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How sounds are actually produced

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What are prosodics

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How sound can be used to influence meaning

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What is Jargon

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A set of words that are relative to something

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What is slang

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Informal words

34
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What is taboo

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Completely forbidden words

35
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What’s an idiom

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Something that is a metaphorical phrase and can’t be literally worked out, e.g. raining cats and dogs

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What does Cliché mean

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It’s an overused expression, e.g. love is blind

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What’s an archaism

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An outdated way of saying something

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What are pragmatics

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The study of language from the point of view of language users

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What’s a schema

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A body of knowledge in our brain

40
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What is study of morphology

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How words are put together/formation of words

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What is study of syntax

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The study of how words form larger structures and the deliberate arrangements

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What’s a descriptivist approach

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Taking an approach to language study that focuses on how language is actually used

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What is a prescriptivist approach

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Taking an approach to language study that focuses on rules and notions of correctness

44
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What’s a compound sentence

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Two simple sentences with a connective. They create coordination. They are good for personal writing, stories, information texts

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What is a complex sentence

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A subordinate clause and a main clause. It creates subordination. Good for personal writing, stories and information texts

46
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What does a colon do

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Introduces a list or it’s used in place of a connective in a compound sentence

47
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What’s a noun phrase

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A group of words that make up a noun

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What does a verb phrase consist of

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A subject, an object and a complement (attribute of a subject)

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What does an adverbial do

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It adds meaning to a clause by telling us when, where, why or how something happened

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What does a primary auxiliary verb do

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Shows tense

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Modal auxiliary verb

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Shows commitment or mood (must, should, will)

52
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What’s a plosive

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A consonant sound that is produced by blocking the airflow in the vocal tract and then realising it suddenly (p, b)

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What’s a Fricative?

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