terminology Flashcards
What is discourse?
The text’s organisation
(e. g. -introduction and conclusion
- paragraphs
- turn taking
- adjacency pairs)
What are pragmatics?
Underlying meanings or how the text contributes to the meaning
(e. g. -politeness
- sub text
- Grice’s maxims)
Define grammar
rules or structures to create words, phrases or sentences
e.g. sentence types, ellipsis, tense, non-fluency features
Define lexis and semantics
words and their meanings
(e. g. -lexical fields
- colloquial language
- synonyms
- neologisms
- mono/polysyllabic words)
What is phonology?
sounds of words or texts
e.g. accents, rhyming, rhythm, alliteration
Define graphology
the layout of a piece of text
(e. g. -images
- colour
- white spaces
- font
- emboldening)
What do adjectives do?
they provide extra information/detail to nouns
e.g. colours or size
Define collocations
words that you would expect to find with another (association)
NOT A COMPOUD
What is an idiom?
the sentence cannot be understood through the literal definitions or meanings of the words it contains
(e.g. It’s raining cats and dogs)
What is a semantic field?
a semantic field is a range of lexis (words) associated with a particular subject
(e.g. football: goal, net, tackle etc.)
Define pragmatics
the implied/suggested meaning of language in it’s context or the situation. The meaning of it cannot be found in the words themself.
Define synthetic personalisation
addressing a large audience as if you were addressing them individually.
what is a synonym?
words with similar meanings/definitions
what is an antonym?
words with opposite meanings/definitions
e.g. hot - cold
What is an auxiliary verb?
‘helping’ words/verbs that gives detail to the sentence
e.g. it HAS been raining (tense)
