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Pragmatics
Genre,
Register,
Mode
24
cards
Phonology
Phonology,
Accent,
Dialect
23
cards
Lexis and Semantics
What does lexis mean,
Lexeme,
Lexical field
33
cards
Graphology
What does graphology mean,
The writing system,
Font styles
10
cards
Discourse
Discourse,
Standard english,
Agenda setting
26
cards
Grammar
What is grammar,
What is a attitude to grammar,
What are the open word classes
61
cards
Politeness Theory
Who created the politeness maxims,
What are the maxims for,
Maxim of agreement
18
cards
Gender and Language
Stereotypes,
Gendered adjectives,
A theory for gendered adjectives
32
cards
Power and Language
What is power,
Types of power,
What are the two power concepts t...
19
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Detailed Power Revision Guide
Persuasive techniques in language,
Parallelism,
Synonymous parallelism
42
cards
Technology and Language
When was the printing press intro...,
Explain more about the printing p...,
Look at article notes for more de...
31
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Language Change Terms Overview
Broadening,
Narrowing,
Amelioration
16
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Language Change Overview
What is the pre english english 5...,
Early old english 450 850,
Later old english 850 1100
7
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Prescriptivist vs Descriptivists
Prescriptivists,
Descriptivists,
Give a linguist that speaks on these
3
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Mechanisms for Language Change
Technology,
Arts and fashion,
External influences
6
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Phonological Change
When was the great vowel shift,
What was the gvs,
Give some examples of gvs shown i...
8
cards
Lexical Change
Where do words go,
Gives reasons for why words appear,
What is etymology
12
cards
Orthographical Change
Did spellings become standardised...,
The 1600 hierarchy,
1500
14
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Grammatical Change
When were the prescriptivist rule...,
What did the p rules eventually c...,
When were rules drawn up and by who
23
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Language Change Theorists
Diachronic change,
Synchronic change,
Suzanne romain 1998internal changes
13
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CLA Introduction
What could affect a childs language,
What stage is 0 2 months,
What happens in the vegetative stage
21
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Grammatical Development
Look at the rate of accusation fl...,
In the first 12 months what do ba...,
What did katherine nelson 1973 sa...
13
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Development of Meaning
What is productive vocabulary,
What is receptive vocabulary,
Look at the productive rate of ac...
13
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Language Change Theorists.
Instrumental,
Regulatory,
Interactional
7
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Language and the Media
Bias,
Representation,
Sensationalise
20
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