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Stylistic Terminology Flashcards

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Register

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The formality of language

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Lexis

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Words

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Semantics

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The meaning of words

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Paralinguistics

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The aspects of spoken communication that do not involve words: body language, gestures, facial expressions, tone and pitch of voice etc

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Syntax

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Sentence structure/ order of words in a sentence

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Discourse features

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Discourse is any written or spoken communication/ expected aspects of interaction between people

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Non-fluency features

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Aspects of spoken language where spontaneity is suggested … fillers, hesitation,restarting and pausing etc

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Spontaneous speech

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Speech that is not planned/ scripted

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Suprasegmental features

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Relating to a speech feature, such as stress or pitch that affects more than one speech sound / where the stress in the line is

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Standard/dominant dialect

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The form of language most commonly used in a specific region or social group

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Non-standard English

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Not conforming to the normal grammar, language or pronunciation used

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Received Pronunciation

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The standard form of English pronunciation based on educated speech in southern England

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Grices Maxims

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The maxim of quantity, quality, relation and manner

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The maxim of manner

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Where one tries to be as clear and brief as one can be in what one says and where one avoids ambiguity

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The maxim of relation

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Where one tries to be relevant and says things that are pertinent( relevant) to the discussion

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The maxim of quality

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Where one tries to be truthful and does not give information that is false or that is not supported by evidence

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The maxim of quantity

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Where one tries to be as informative as one possibly can, giving as much information as is needed but no more

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Modality

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Where a speaker or writer expresses certainty, possibility, willingness etc through the use of modal words

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Provenance

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The provenance of something is the place that it comes from or that it originally came from

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Pragmatics

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The way in which context contributes to meaning, e.g what someone might find funny another might find offensive because of context

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Social-historical context

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Relating so social or historical events/ factors

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Production

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The action of making something

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Reception

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The way in which an audience receives a text/ react to it

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Audience

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The people watching, listening or reading a text

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Purpose

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The reason why the text exists

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Utterance

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A spoken word, statement or vocal sound

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Adjacency pairs

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Turn-taking in speech / speaking one after the other

The first utterance provokes a resounding utterance

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Gate keeping

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The activity of controlling or filtering what you say in speech and writing

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Idiom

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A common word or phrase high means something different from its literal meaning but can be understood because of its popular use
‘Mad’ = literally means clinically insane but used as positive in contemporary language

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Idiolect

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An individuals distinctive and unique use of language

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Hedging

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A word or statement used that makes a statement less forceful or assertive

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Extempore

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Spoken or does without preparation

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Amelioration

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They act of making something better/ improvement

E.g - ‘sick’ = used positively now but means illness

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Covert prestige

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Not the traditionally accepted way of speaking

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Overt prestige

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Traditionally accepted speech, such as RP (received pronunciation)

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Logos

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The reasoning/ logic behind an argument

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Pathos

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A quality that evokes pity or sadness

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Ethos

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A person’s set of beliefs, ideas, morals etc

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Constitute statement

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Declaring something to be the case

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Perjoration

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Downgrading or depreciation of a words meaning
When as word with a positive meaning develops a negative one
E.g - ‘Silly’ = used to mean happy, innocent, harmless but now means foolish, senseless

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