Purposes

Question 1

Informal Language

Answer 1

» encouraging intimacy, solidarity and equality
» politeness strategies
» promoting linguistic innovation
» promoting social harmony, negotiating social taboos and building rapport
» supporting in-group membership

Question 2

Acronym for Semantic Patterning

Answer 2

FLIPS HAMOP

Question 3

Similes

Answer 3

Compare elements using “like” or “as”
simplifies abstract construct by likening it to a simple on

Question 4

Metaphors

Answer 4

Uses one semantic domain to explain another semantic domain
“love is a battlefield”
abstract -> abstract

Question 5

F in FLIPS HAMOP

Answer 5

Figurative language

Question 6

L in FLIPS HAMOP

Answer 6

Lexical Ambiguity

Question 7

I in FLIPS HAMOP

Answer 7

Irony

Question 8

P in FLIPS (HAMOP)

Answer 8

Personification

Question 9

S in FLIPS HAMOP

Answer 9

Simile

Question 10

H in FLIPS HAMOP

Answer 10

Hyperbole

Question 11

A in FLIPS HAMOP

Answer 11

Animation

Question 12

O in FLIPS HAMOP

Answer 12

Oxymoron

Question 13

P in (FLIPS) HAMOP

Answer 13

Puns

Question 14

M in FLIPS HAMOP

Answer 14

Metaphor

Question 15

SE’s of IFL

Answer 15

1. Casual, Conversational tone
2. Creates an impression of being familiar & down to earth
3. Reduces social distance
4. Engenders humour
5. Lends an affectionate, endearing tone