general Flashcards
(30 cards)
FLICC
Formatting + Layout
Logical order
Inference
Consistency
Conventions
T/F elevated lexis reflects credibility and overt prestige
true
Discourse markers
Signposts
Discourse particles
hedging expressions
eg sort of, i mean, like, kind of
semantic patterning features
- figurative language
- irony
- metaphor
- oxymoron
- personification
- simile
- hyperbole
- animation
- puns
- lexical ambiguity
Phonological features
- elision
- reductions
- insertion
- flapping
- assimilation
Hypocoristic suffixation indicates…
friendly, laidback attitude
What is reduplication?
morphological
involves rhyming patterning eg nitty gritty, easy peasy
Slang
colloquial language that is more informal than standard speech
ellipsis
grammatical elements omitted
when determining tenor, questions to ask yourself?
(PAL)
- frequency of contact
- affective involvement
- power dynamic
negative face needs
- avoid being imposed upon
- freedom
positive face needs
- desire to be liked and admired
Example of negative politeness
could you please open the door?
could = low obligation
please = politeness marker
interrogative = request (not forced)
“face” refers to
- one’s public self image or identity
- one’s dignity
- one’s sense of prestige/status
Non fluency features
- pauses
- voiced hesitations
- false starts
- repetition
- repairs
DOONA
(discourse features)
Discourse particles
Openings + closings
Overlapping speech
Non fluency features
Adjacency pairs
TTMC
(discourse strategies)
Topic management
Turn taking
Management of repair sequences
Code switching
features in speech but not writing
- overlap
- falling pitch
- intake of breath
- VIPST
features in writing but not speech
- layout
- formatting
- punctuation
morphological features
- hypocoristic suffixation
- word formation processes
- shortenings
idioms
non literal cultural cliches that express a playful, comical tone
purpose of poetic function
- evocative
- enrich characterisation
- deeply engage
- skill as a writer
syntax features
- ellipsis
- fragments
- sentence structures
- double negation / comparative
