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Linguistic Terminology Flashcards

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Noun

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Names an object, person, place, idea or emotion

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Pronoun

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Stands in place of a noun

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Main Verb

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Describes an action or a state

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Primary Auxiliary Verb

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Provides the tense of the main verb

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Modal Verb

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Expresses the certainty or uncertainty of the main verb

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Adjective

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Describes a noun

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Comparative Adjective

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Compares one noun to another

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Superlative Adjective

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Compares the quality of one noun to another noun

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Evaluative Adjective

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Expresses an opinion about a noun

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Referential Adjective

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Expresses a fact about a noun

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Adverb

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Describes a verb, adjective or another adverb - can refer to manner, intensity, place, frequency or time

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Disjunct

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An adverb that modifies a whole sentence

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Conjunction

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Joins two clauses or items in a list
Coordinating conjunctions - FANBOYS
All other conjunctions and subordinating

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Determiner

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Expresses number,specificity or ownership of a noun

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Preposition

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Expresses the relationship between an noun and therest of the sentence

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Filler

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Fills a pause in speech

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Hedge

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Softens an utterance

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Discourse Marker

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Signals a change of topic

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Back Channel

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Feedback to demonstrate listening

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Interruption

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Deliberately talking when someone else is to attempt to take over the turn

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Overlap

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Overlaping the speech of another speaker accidentally or by back-channelling

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Monitoring Device

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A feature used to check that a listener is paying attention

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Quotative

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Introduces a quote

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Tag Question

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A question tagged on at the end of a declarative

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Semantic Field

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A set of words linked to a specific subject

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Low Frequency Lexis

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Words which are not used often and might not be understood by everyone

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High Frequency Lexis

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Words which are used often and understood by most people

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Standard English

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The form of English used in formal writing and sometimes formal speech

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Non-standard English

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All other varieties of English, including most spoken varieties

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Interrogative

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A sentence that asks a question

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Declarative

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A sentence which makes a statement

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Imperative

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A sentence that gives a command

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Mitigated Imperative

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A command with added politeness

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Exclamatory

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A sentence expressing an exclamation of strong emotion or surprise

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Clause Elements - SV

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Essential elemets of a clause, subject (doer) and verb

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Clause Elements - OAC

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Other possible clause elements
Object (done to), adverbial (adverb or adverbial phrase), complement (gives more info about the object or the subject)

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Simple Sentence

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Contains only one clause

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Complex Sentence

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Contains two or more independant clauses and at least one subordinate clause

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Compound Sentence

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Contains two or more independant clauses linked by coordinating conjunctions

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Compund-Complex Sentence

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Contains at least two independant clauses and at least one subordinate clause

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Minor Sentence

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Contains either no verb or only a verb

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Comment Clause

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A short clause which expresses an attitude to the rest of the sentence

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Conditional Clause

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Expresses a condition and usually begins with ‘if’ or ‘unless’

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Relative Clause

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A clause which acts like an adjective to describe a noun

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