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Grammar

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The system of rules that govern a language

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Syntax

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The system of rules that govern sentence structure (word order)

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Morphology

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The structure of words and the way they’re formed

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Phonetics, phonology and prosodics

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Sounds and pronunciation, how speech sounds and its effects are articulated and analysed

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Lexis

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Word/vocabulary

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Semantics

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Word meaning

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Pragmatics

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Contextual aspects of language use, understanding according to context

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Discourse

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Any text, spoken or written

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Graphology

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Visual aspects of a textual design and appearance

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Semantic field

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A group of words with linked meaning

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Lexicon

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Dictionary

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Aspect

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Way of expressing how something extends over time

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Person

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Way of expressing who is speaking or being spoken to

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Voice

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Way of expressing relationship between the verb and the subject/object

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Tense

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Way of expressing time

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Genre

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A type of text in any mode which is defined by its PURPOSE, its features or both

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Mode

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Spoken, written or blended

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Written (mode) texts

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Pre-planned
Received through the eyes
Permanent

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Spoken (mode) texts

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Spontaneous
Received through the ears
Fleeting

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Blended/Hybrid (mode) texts

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A text with a combination of written and spoken mode features

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Mode continuum

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Texts sit somewhere along a scale of mode and don’t neatly fit into one or another

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CMC is and abbreviation for…

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Computer Mediated Communication

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CMC

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Human communication which takes place using computers/computer technology

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Affordance

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A feature that is available to use in that text type

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Representation

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How a writer/speaker wants to present/portray themselves, their views etc.

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Intertextuality

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References to other texts/text types within a specific text

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Synthetic personalisation

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Creating a relationship between the reader and writer by creating/assuming the personality, ideal viewer/reader

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Noun

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A naming word

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Proper noun

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Name (uses a capital letter)

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Concrete noun

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Describes something real

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Abstract noun

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Describes something you can’t touch

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Count noun

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Describes something that can be counted

Typically follows quantifiers, numerals or articles

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Mass noun

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Describes something that cannot be counted

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Noun phrase

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A group of words finishing with a noun

No finite verb

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Pronoun

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Used to replace a noun

Singular/plural and first/second/third person

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Modifier

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Gives more detail to the noun

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Pre-modified

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Before the noun

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Post-modified

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After the noun

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Adjective

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Describes a noun

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Attributive adjective

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positioned before the noun

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Predicative adjective

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Positioned after the noun

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Superlative Adjective

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-est ending

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Comparative Adjective

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-er ending

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Verb

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Expresses an action or state of being

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Progressive verb

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-ing verbs

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Intransitive verb

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Verb that doesn’t have a direct object

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Transitive verb

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Verb that has at least one object

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Auxiliary verb

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Helping verbs

Help the main verb in the sentence

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Modal verb

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An auxiliary that expresses necessity or possibility

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Examples of modal verbs

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must, should, will, would, could, might, may …

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Examples of auxiliary

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to be, to do, to have, must, should, will, would, could, might, may …

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Adverb

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Describes a verb (or adjective

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Conjunction

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Connects sentences and clauses together

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Conjunction

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Connects sentences and clauses together

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Coordinating conjunction

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Connects 2 or more elements that make sense alone

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Subordinating conjunction

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Connects a main clause and subordinating clause

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Examples of coordinating conjunction

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FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)

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Examples of subordinating conjunction

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Because, as, if, although

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Interjection

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Word/phrase that is independent from the words around it

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Interjection

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Word/phrase that is independent from the words around it

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Interjection

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Word/phrase that is independent from the words around it

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Interjection

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Word/phrase that is independent from the words around it

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Examples of interjection

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yipee, wow, ouch, oh

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Preposition

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The relationships between nouns

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Determiners

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Parts of speech that refer to nouns or noun phrases

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Definite articles

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‘the’

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Indefinite articles

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‘a’ or ‘an’

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Phrase

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Set of words containing a headword and modifiers

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Phrase

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Set of words containing a headword and modifiers

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Phrase

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Set of words containing a headword and modifiers

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Clause

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Set of words containing a subject and verb

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Main clause

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Set of words that can stand alone

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Subordinate clause

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Set of words that add additional information but cannot stand alone

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Noun clause

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Functions like a noun

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Relative clause

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A dependant set of words that requires prior information to be understood
Gives extra information about the noun
Sometimes referred to as adjectival clauses
Nearly always begin with relative pronouns and adverbs (who, whose, which, when, where, that)

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Adverbial clause

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Dependant set of words that functions like an adverb

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Sentence

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Set of words containing a subject and predicative

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Simple sentence

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Set of words made up of one main clause

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Compound sentence

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Set of words made up of 2 or more main clauses

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Complex sentence

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Set of words made up of at least one main clause and one or more subordinate clause

A-level English Language (2 decks)

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