Textual Analysis + Representation Flashcards
What is intertextuality?
When a text makes a direct reference to / borrows the features from another text.
What are semantics?
The meanings of words.
What are pragmatics?
The purpose of a word
What are the 4 types of nouns?
Proper nouns, abstract nouns, concrete nouns, count nouns.
What are the 6 types of pronouns?
Personal, possessive, reflexive, relative, demonstrative, interrogative
What is a personal pronoun?
The main person or object in the clause.
What is a possessive pronoun?
Says who the object belongs to.
What is a reflexive pronoun?
Says when the actor+ receiver are the same.
What is a relative pronoun?
Says the relationship between 2 items
What is a demonstrative pronoun?
Shows the relationship between the speaker+ the object.
What is an interrogative pronoun?
Used to ask questions.
What is a dynamic verb?
A verb that shows any type of physical action
What is a stative verb?
A verb that shows that have no obvious physical result.
What are the 7 types of modal verb?
Possibility, prediction, permission, ability, necessity, obligation, intention.
What are the 4 types of adjective?
Comparative, superlative, attributive, predictive.
What is an attributive adjective?
An adjective that appears before the noun.
What is a predictive adjective?
An adjective that appears before the noun
What are the 4 types of adverb?
Time, manner, frequency, place.
What are the 4 types of sentence?
Imperative, exclamatory, interrogative, declarative.
What are the two types of conjunctions?
Coordinating, subordinating
What is a minor sentence?
Not a complete sentence
What does a simple sentence contain?
One clause and one main verb.
What does a compound sentence contain?
Two or more main clauses joined by co-ordinating conjunction (s)
What is a complex sentence?
Contains more than one sentence and more than one main verb
What is the active voice?
Where the subject is usually fronted
What is the passive voice?
Where the subject is usually at the end or doesn’t appear. The object is the main focus.
What is jargon?
Language that reflects a particular social group / occupation.
What is synthetic personalisation?
Where writers can make assumptions about the likes, dislikes, values, opinions of their target audience.
What is synthetic sisterhood?
Where the writer creates an imaginary dialogue between them and the reader to create a feeling of trust.
What are homophones?
Words that sound the same but have different meanings
What does the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis say?
We use languagerelative to our own experiences of the world around us
What is the second part of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?
The language we use determines the thoughts we have.
What is linguistic reflectionism?
It says we are free to make up our own mind about a topic and it isn’t the lang we use that determines our thoughts.
What does mute-group theory say?
Those in mute-groups have to change how they speak to be heard by the dominant group
What is semantic reclamation?
Where terms that were used negatively to describe a group have now been ‘adopted’ by that group so it’s no longer negative.
What is pejorative language?
Words that once had neutral meanings that now contain negative ones.
