Methods of Language: Analysis Overview Flashcards
What is meant by ‘Lexis’?
Lexis refer to the entire vocab of a language
What are some examples of ‘Lexis’?
Some Include:
- Slang
- Colloquialism
- Dialect
- Register
- Idiolect
- Lexical Change
What is meant by ‘Semantics’?
Semantics refer to the meaning of words
What are some examples of ‘Semantics’?
Some Include:
- Hyperbole
- Idiom
- Metaphor
- Semantic Change
- Antonym
- Denotative meaning
- Semantic field
What is meant by ‘Grammar’?
Grammar refers to the system of rules that govern a language
What are some examples of ‘Grammar’?
Some Include:
- Sentence Function
- Bound Morphemes
- Morphological Change
- Inflections
- Free Morphemes
What are ‘Pragmatics’?
Pragmatics refer to the study of language through the filter of a social context
What are some examples of ‘Pragmatics’?
Some Include:
- Maxims
- Cooperative Principle
- Flouting
- Indirectness
- Implicature
What is meant by ‘Discourse’?
Discourse refers to the study of a text as a whole
What are some examples of ‘Discourse’?
Some Include: - Intertextuality - Discourse Markers - Deixis - Foregrounding - Multimodality POV
What is meant by ‘Graphology’?
Graphology is the study of the visual elements of language and communication in texts
What are some examples of ‘Graphology’?
Some Include:
- Capitalisation
- Spelling
- Typography
- Orthography
- Alignment
What is meant by ‘Phonetics’?
Phonetics is the study of the sounds used in speech and the way these sounds are pronounced
What are some examples of ‘Phonetics’?
Some Include:
- Accent
- Vowels
- Consonants
- Levelling
- Phoneme
- Prosody
What is meant by ‘Target audience’?
The intended audience of a particular text
