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1
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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?

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Adjectives that express the highest quality of something

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What is a comparative adjective?

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An adjective that makes a comparison between two things

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27
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What is amelioration?

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A process where a word or phrase develops more positive connotations

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What is pejoration?

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A process where a word or phrase develops more negative connotations

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29
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What is archaic language?

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Old fashioned language which isn’t typically used any more

30
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What is broadening?

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A type of semantic change where the meaning of a word becomes broader or more inclusive

31
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What is narrowing?

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A type of semantic change where the meaning of a word becomes narrower or less inclusive

32
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What is a neologism?

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New words that enter the language

33
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What is an Acronym?

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An abbreviation consisting of initial letters which then create a new word

34
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What is an initialism?

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An abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced separately

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What is an eponym?

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A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, book, etc., is named

36
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What is a compound word?

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A word which is caused by two or more full words being joined together

37
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What is a blend word?

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Where two or more words are joined together but parts are omitted E.g. Skort

38
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What is Truncation?

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Shortening a polysyllabic word by deleting one or more syllables e.g. Deli (delicatessen)

39
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What is affixation?

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When an affix is added to create a new word

40
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What is denotation?

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The literal meanings of words

41
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What is an antonym?

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Words which mean opposite things

42
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What is a synonym?

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Words which mean the same thing

43
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What is a collocation?

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Routinely placing words or phrases together (it sounds natural to a native speaker) e.g. Home and Dry

44
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What is an idiom?

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An expression where the meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements

45
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What is a Euphemism?

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Using a more socially acceptable word or phrase

46
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What is a Dysphemism?

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Using a blunt or direct word instead of a more polite or indirect alternative

47
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What is Anaphora?

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The deliberate repetition of the first part of a clause/sentence

48
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What is Epistrophe?

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The deliberate repetition of the last part of a clause/sentence

49
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What is Morphology?

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The smallest unit of language – this could be a root word or a collection of letters

50
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What is an inflectional morpheme?

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A type of suffix which shows either plurality or verb tense

51
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What is a derivational morpheme?

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A type of affix which changes the meaning of the root word

52
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What is a Noun Phrase?

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A noun with adjectives and/or determiner

53
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What is a Verb Phrase?

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A verb with an auxiliary or modal verb

54
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What is an Adverbial?

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A phrase which adds further information to the verb, typically specifying place or time

55
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What is a Fronted Adverbial?

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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.

56
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What is an Auxiliary Verb?

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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

57
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What is a Modal Auxiliary Verb?

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A verb which shows degrees of certainty, desirability obligation – they cannot occur alone

58
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What is Deontic Modality?

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Expressions that highlight a sense of obligation or necessity

59
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What is Epistemic Modality?

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Expressions that highlight degrees of possibility

60
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What is Boulomaic Modality?

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Expressions that highlight wishes and desires

61
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What is the Perfect Aspect?

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An inflection of a verb which shows the action is completed – shown through have + past participle

62
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What is the Progressive Aspect?

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An inflection of a verb which shows the action is ongoing or habitual – shown through be + -ing

63
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What is a Subordinate Clause?

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A clause which is not complete by itself and as such, cannot form an independent sentence

64
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What is a Conditional Clause?

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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

65
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What is a Relative Clause?

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A specific type of subordinate clause which adds more information to the noun and is usually introduced with a relative pronoun

66
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What is Pragmatics?

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Exploring how contextual factors such as background knowledge influence meaning

67
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What is a Tag Question?

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A short question added at the end of a sentence, often inviting agreement with the speaker. Sometimes seen to be used as seeking reassurance

68
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What is Hedging?

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A word or phrase that makes a statement less forceful or assertive.

69
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What is a Schema?

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The bundle of knowledge about a concept, person or event

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What is Presupposition?

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Any information which is taken for granted within discourse

Year 12 English Language A Level (2 decks)

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