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Deixis

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The phenomenon wherein understanding the meaning of certain words and phrases in an utterance requires contextual information. e.g. “Look at THIS”.

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Personal pronoun

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Refers to a particular person, group or thing e.g. You, He I, She, It etc

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Possessive pronoun

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Takes the place of the noun to show ownership e.g. mine, yours

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Reflexive pronoun

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The subject and the object are the same thing e.g. yourself, myself

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Demonstrative pronoun

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Used to talk about something specific e.g. these, those,this,that

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Relative Pronoun

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Pronouns used to introduce a relative clause e.g. who, that, which

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Intertextuality

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When text makes a reference to another text for effect.

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Determiner

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A word that comes before a noun or noun phrase to clarify if the noun is specific or general. e.g. ‘THE chicken’

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Indefinite article

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Determiner- Introduces a general version of a noun e.g. “AN ostrich would beat A chicken in A race”

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Definite article

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Determiner- Introduces a specific noun e.g. “we went to THE best restaurant in town”

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Quantifier

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Determiner- Indicates how much/little or a noun e.g. “Do you want THIS piece of chicken”

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Demonstrative

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Determiner- Provides information about which specific noun e.g. “She liked ALL desserts equally”

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Possessive

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Determiner- Introduces a noun that belongs to somebody e.g. “This is HIS house”

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Preposition

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Words to show the location of a noun

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Co-ordinating conjunction

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A linking word which connects independent clauses or phrases, giving equal importance to each section (FANBOYS)

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Subordinating conjunction

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A linking word which connects an independent clause with a subordinate clause e.g. because, before, despite, even though

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Abstract noun

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The lexis which refers to states, feelings and concepts that do not have a physical existence

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Concrete noun

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The lexis that refers to things with a physical existence

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Material verb

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The lexis that refers to a physical action

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Mental verb

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The lexis that shows an internal process e.g. thinking

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Relational verb

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The verb which shows state of being e.g. be, appear, seem

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Dynamic verb

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The lexis which describes actions we can take, or things that happen; they have a continuous form e.g. Chis is KICKING the ball”

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Stative verb

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The lexis which describes states/conditions unlikely to change (possession, feeling, perception, mental processes, identity); typically, they do not have a continuous form e.g. “Chris is HAVING a car”

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Attributive adjective

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Adjectives placed before the head noun e.g. the dangerous animal

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Predicative adjective
Adjectives placed after the head noun e.g. the day was good
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Superlative adjective
Adjectives that express the highest quality of something e.g. most beautiful
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Comparative adjective
An adjective that makes a comparison between two things e.g. more beautiful
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What is amelioration?
A process where a word or phrase develops more positive connotations
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What is pejoration?
A process where a word or phrase develops more negative connotations
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What is archaic language?
Old fashioned language which isn’t typically used any more
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What is broadening?
A type of semantic change where the meaning of a word becomes broader or more inclusive
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What is narrowing?
A type of semantic change where the meaning of a word becomes narrower or less inclusive
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What is a neologism?
New words that enter the language
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What is an Acronym?
An abbreviation consisting of initial letters which then create a new word
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What is an initialism?
An abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced separately
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What is an eponym?
A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, book, etc., is named
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What is a compound word?
A word which is caused by two or more full words being joined together
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What is a blend word?
Where two or more words are joined together but parts are omitted E.g. Skort
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What is Truncation?
Shortening a polysyllabic word by deleting one or more syllables e.g. Deli (delicatessen)
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What is affixation?
When an affix (e.g. UNtie) is added to create a new word
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What is denotation?
The literal meanings of words
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What is an antonym?
Words which mean opposite things
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What is a synonym?
Words which mean the same thing
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What is a collocation?
a word or phrase that is often used with another word or phrase, in a way that sounds correct to people who have spoken the language all their lives, but might not be expected from the meaning: In the phrase "a hard frost", "hard" is a collocation of "frost" and "strong" would not sound natural.
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What is an idiom?
An expression where the meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements | break a leg
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What is a Euphemism?
Using a more socially acceptable word or phrase
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What is a Dysphemism? | opposite of eupemism
Using a blunt or direct word instead of a more polite or indirect alternative
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What is Anaphora?
The deliberate repetition of the first part of a clause/sentence
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What is Epistrophe?
The deliberate repetition of the last part of a clause/sentence
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What is Morphology?
The smallest unit of language – this could be a root word or a collection of letters
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What is an inflectional morpheme?
A type of suffix which shows either plurality or verb tense | -s. -ed. -ing
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What is a derivational morpheme?
A type of affix which changes the meaning of the root word
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What is a Noun Phrase?
A noun with adjectives and/or determiner
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What is a Verb Phrase?
A verb with an auxiliary or modal verb
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What is an Adverbial?
A phrase which adds further information to the verb, typically specifying place or time
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What is a Fronted Adverbial?
An adverbial phrase which has been moved to the front of the sentence and is usually separated from the main clause with a comma E.g. All night long, we danced.
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What is an Auxiliary Verb?
A verb which precedes the main verb to form part of a verb phrase – they can be categorised as primary and modal E.g. Have, Might
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What is a Modal Auxiliary Verb?
A verb which shows degrees of certainty, desirability obligation – they cannot occur alone
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What is Deontic Modality?
Expressions that highlight a sense of obligation or necessity
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What is Epistemic Modality?
Expressions that highlight degrees of possibility
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What is Boulomaic Modality?
Expressions that highlight wishes and desires
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What is a Subordinate Clause?
A clause which is not complete by itself and as such, cannot form an independent sentence
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What is a Conditional Clause?
A specific type of subordinate clause which express an imagined situation or condition and the possible result of that situation – it is usually introduced with either if or unless
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What is a Relative Clause?
A specific type of subordinate clause which adds more information to the noun and is usually introduced with a relative pronoun
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What is Pragmatics?
Exploring how contextual factors such as background knowledge influence meaning
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What is a Tag Question?
A short question added at the end of a sentence, often inviting agreement with the speaker. Sometimes seen to be used as seeking reassurance
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What is Hedging?
A word or phrase that makes a statement less forceful or assertive.
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What is Presupposition?
Any information which is taken for granted within discourse
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Disjunct
An adverb that modifies the whole sentence e.g. basically, unfortunately
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Mitigated imperative
A command with added politeness feature
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Declarative
A sentence that makes a statement
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Interrogative
A sentence that asks a question
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Imperative
A sentence that gives a command
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Referential adjective
Expresses a fact about a noun e.g. red
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Evaluative adjective
Expresses something that is debatable about a noun e.g. funny
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Exclamatory
A sentence expressing an exclamation of strong emotion or surprise
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Passive voice
The object (done to) of the verb comes first and the subject is either second or absent. By zombies test
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Minor sentence
A sentence that contains ono verb or only a verb
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Proper noun
Identifies a particular person place or thing (usually has a capital letter)
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Elision
slurring or missing out a part of a word e.g. "cause" rather than because"
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Ellipsis
The omission of part of a grammatical structure. e.g. "might do" rather than " I might do"
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Adjecentcy pairs
Parallel phrases used across the boundaries of individual speaking turns. They are usually ritualistic and formulaic socially e.g How are you? & Im good thank you
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Back-channelling
Words, phrases and non-verbal utterances used by a listener to give feedback to a speaker that the message if being followed and understood.
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Compound sentence
Contains two or more independent clauses linked by co-ordinating conjunctions.
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Comment clause
A short clause which expresses an attitude to the rest of the sentence e.g. I think
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Relative clause
A clause which acts like an adjective to describe a noun, usually being with "which, who or that" e.g. my friend, who has red hair...
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Simple sentence
Contains only one clause
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Complex sentence
Contains one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause
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Subordinate clause
Clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence
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Minor sentence
A sentence that contains no verb or only a verb
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Compound complex sentence
Contains air least two independent clause and at least one subordinate clause
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Quotative
Introduces a quote e.g. he said
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Filler
Fills a pause in speech; can be verbal (like, yeah) or non-verbal (er, um)
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High frequency lexis
Words that are used often and will be understood by most people
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Low frequency lexis
Words that aren't used often and so might not be understood by everyone
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Monitoring device
A feature that is used to check that the listener is paying attention
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Disjunct
An adverb that modifies the whole sentence e.g. basically
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Discourse marker
Signals a change of topic e.g. so anyway
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Hedge
Softens an utterance

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