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Meanings and Representations Flashcards

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FRAMEWORKS

Define graphology

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The appearance of a text; ie layout, logos, type face, colour

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Define syntax

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The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language

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FRAMEWORKS

Give an example of syntax

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I have a cat, rather than have a cat I

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Define morphology

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The study of words and their parts

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Define morphemes

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Morphemes, like prefixes, suffixes and base words, are defined as the smallest meaningful unit of meaning

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Define phonology

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The way a language sounds

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Define lexis

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The words used in texts or spoken data, ie the types of word

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Give an example of types of lexis

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Compound, abbreviation, acronym

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FRAMEWORKS

Define semantics

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The meanings of words or phrases in a language

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FRAMEWORKS

Define discourse structure

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A way to describe how an entire text is organised

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FRAMEWORKS

Define pragmatics

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Context and how having some context can change the meaning of a language

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FRAMEWORKS

What are the two parts of semantics?

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Denotations and connotations

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PRAGMATICS

Define embodied knoweledge

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Knowledge associated with memories or physically visiting a place, varies from person to person

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PRAGMATICS

Define schemas

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A cognitive framework, constantly change or get added too

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PRAGMATICS

Define co-text

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Other words or phrases surrounding a word in a text

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PRAGMATICS

Define deixis

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Dietic words are words that are context bound. The meaning depends on who is using them, when they are using them and who is using them.

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PRAGMATICS

What is personal deixis?

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Names and personal pronouns

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PRAGMATICS

What are the four types of spatial deixis?

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  • Adverbs of place
  • Demonstratives showing location
  • Orientational words
  • Dietic verbs
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PRAGMATICS

What are examples of adverbs of place?

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Here, there

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PRAGMATICS

Give examples of demonstratives showing location

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This, that

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PRAGMATICS

Give examples of orientational words

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Left, right

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PRAGMATICS

Give two examples of diectic verbs

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Come, go

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

What is a proper noun?

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Refer to specific people or places

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Give three examples of proper nouns

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Paris, Venus, Andrew

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Define a common noun

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Types of places, people, and nouns in general

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Give the three types of common nouns

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  • Concrete
  • Collect
  • Abstract
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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

What is a concrete noun?

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Things which exist physically

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Give examples of concrete nouns

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Computer, dog, tree

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Define a collect noun

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Nouns which refer to groups of people or things

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Give examples of collect nouns

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Audience, family

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Define an abstract noun

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Things which don’t exist physically

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Give examples of abstract nouns

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Happiness, despair, yellow

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Define a mass noun

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Something which cannot be counted

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Give examples of mass nouns

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Bread, pasta, sand

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Define countable nouns

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Nouns with a plural form

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Define a gerund noun

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Verb ending in ‘ing’ but functions as a noun

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Give an example of a gerund noun in a sentence

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‘Smoking’ is dangerous

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

What is a lexical field?

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A field of just nouns

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Define a hypernym

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A category

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Define a hyponym

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Specific nouns

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Give an example of hypernyms and hyponyms

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Pets: dog, snake, rabbit

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Define a mononym

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When someone is only referred to with one name

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Give examples of some mononyms

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Dumbledore, Renaldo, Adele

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Define a metonym

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A name change/ nickname

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

Give examples of some metonyms

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Arsenal - the gunners

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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

What are the four types of personal pronoun

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  • I
  • You
  • She
  • They
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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

What are the four types of possessive pronoun

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  • My
  • His
  • Own
  • Their
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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

What are the three types of reflexive pronouns

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  • Myself
  • Himself
  • Themselves
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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

What are the four types of demonstrative pronouns

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  • This
  • That
  • These
  • Those
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NOUNS and PRONOUNS

What are the three types of reflexive pronouns?

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  • Who
  • Whom
  • Which
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ADJECTIVES

What do adjectives do?

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Modify nouns

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ADJECTIVES

What is premodifacation?

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When an adjective comes before the noun

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ADJECTIVES

What is postmodifacation?

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When the adjective comes after the noun

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ADJECTIVES

Define a qualitative adjective

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Gives more info about a noun or a pronouns in a way which can be graded further

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ADJECTIVES

Define a classifying adjective

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Provides more information about a noun in a way that fixes it’s category or class

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ADJECTIVES

Define a comparative adjective

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Compares two things

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ADJECTIVES

Define a superlative adjective

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Compare more than two things

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ADJECTIVES

Define a demonstrative adjective

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Shows where something is near or far

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ADJECTIVES

Define a possessive adjective

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Shows who something belongs to

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VERBS

What is a verb?

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Actions, occurrences, or states of being

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VERBS

What is an infinite verb?

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The basic form of a verb

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VERBS

What is a finite verb?

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Verbs in the non basic form

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VERBS

What is tense?

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The verb in a sentence tells us when something happens. Linguists agree on past, present and potentially future tense.

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VERBS

What is simple past tense?

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A completed action in a time before now

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VERBS

Define simple present tense

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A tense to describe actions or events happening now

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VERBS

Define auxiliary verbs

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Support verbs to convey future happenings, like will, want, and would

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CONTINUOUS and PERFECT ASPECTS

Define the continuous aspect

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Actions that continue for a period of time

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CONTINUOUS and PERFECT ASPECTS

Define the perfect aspect

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Actions that are completed

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CONTINUOUS and PERFECT ASPECTS

What is the past perfect continuous?

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Something which was continued but is now completed

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CONTINUOUS and PERFECT ASPECTS

What is the present perfect continuous?

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Something continued up to now

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CONTINUOUS and PERFECT ASPECTS

What is the future perfect continuous?

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Something which is expected to end in the future

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MODALITY

What is modality?

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The encoding of different degrees of subjective response in a text

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MODALITY

What are the six modal verbs?

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Can, may, must, will, shall, should

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ACTIVE and PASSIVE

What is the active voice?

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Subject, action, object

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ACTIVE and PASSIVE

What is the effect of active voice?

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Creates a strong, direct and clear tone

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ACTIVE and PASSIVE

Define passive voice structure

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Object, verb, subject

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SENTENCE TYPES AND FUNCTIONS

Define a minor sentence

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Often miss a main verb or subject

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SENTENCE TYPES AND FUNCTIONS

Define a simple sentence

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A sentence with an independent main clause which contains a subject and a verb

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SENTENCE TYPES AND FUNCTIONS

Define a compound sentence

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Sentences with two or more independent main clauses which are joined by a conjunction or semi colon

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SENTENCE TYPES AND FUNCTIONS

Define a complex sentence

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Sentences which consist of independent main clause plus a subordinate

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