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What’s the definition of a noun?

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Words that name any person, thing, idea, state or quality

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What are the types of noun and there definitions?

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Common/concrete - something you can touch
Proper - naming word (capital letter)
Abstract - a quality, state of mind, physical condition or idea (can’t touch)
Collective - detonating a collection or group of people/animals/things

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What’s the definition of a verb?

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Words that indicate an action or process

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What are the types of verb and there definition?

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Active - detonate physical processes
Stative - detonate emotional processes, state of mind and being

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What’s the definition of adjectives?

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Words that describe or modify a noun or pronoun

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What are the types of adjectives?

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Determiners, distributive, interrogative, numerical, indefinite and qualitative

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What’s the definition of adverbs?

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Words that describes or modifies any word class (apart from nouns and pronouns)

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What are the types of adverbs?

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Time, place, manner, degree, number, certainty/uncertainty and interrogative

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What’s the definition of conjunctions?

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Connecting items in a list or clauses to create longer sentences.

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What are the types of conjunctions?

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Coordinating and subordinating

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What’s the definition of pronouns?

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Replace nouns

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What are the types of pronouns?

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Personal, possessive, demonstrative, indefinite, interrogative and reflexive

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What’s the definition of prepositions?

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Convey a spatial relationship between objects e.g on, above

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What’s the definition of phonetics?

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Refers to the physical production and reception of sound

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What’s the definition of phonology?

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An abstract idea about all the sounds of a particular language

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What’s the definition of prosody?

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The melody that our voices create via prosodic features such as rhythm and intonation

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What’s the definition of semantics?

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Refers to the meaning of words and expressions (also the overall meaning of something)

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What’s the definition of grammar?

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The structural aspects of language that tie items together. Includes syntax or word order and morphology or the elements added to words to show their grammatical role.

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What’s the definition of graphology?

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All the visual aspects of textual design, including colour, layout, images, typeface etc

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What’s the phonemic alphabet?

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An alphabet for transcribing general sounds, suitable for a specific language.

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What’s the definition of pragmatics?

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Assumptions made about what is meant or the inferences drawn from what is said or written.

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What’s the definition of lexis?

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The vocabulary of a language

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What’s the definition of phoneme?

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An individual sound. Can identify people’s speech patterns and variations.

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What’s the definition of non-verbal behaviour?

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Communication that takes place via the body e.g gesture/facial expression

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What’s the definition of paralanguage?
Aspects of an individuals vocal expression e.g whispering
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What’s the phonological system?
The system of sounds within any language variety
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What’s the definition of RP (Received Pronunciation)?
An accent traditionally associated with high social status. Received refers to the idea of social acceptance in official circles.
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What’s the definition of repertoire?
The range of language forms or styles used by a speaker
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What’s the definition of Worlds Englishes?
Varieties of English that are used in different countries around the world (mainly formally colonised areas). These countries have their own version of standard English
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What’s the definition of Shibboleth?
A term that dates back to the Bible as a way to discover people’s allegiances during battles. People will try and use the language of the groups they wish to be a part of. They could tell what group they were a part of based on how they said ‘shibboleth’
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What’s the definition of ethnic identity/ethnicity?
A persons sense of belonging to an ethnicity.
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What’s the definition of formality?
A less polite/friendly tone
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What’s the definition of representation?
One that represents somethings use
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What’s the definition of social variation?
Social characteristics/factors/groups
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What’s the definition of connotation?
Meaning of a word. What’s inferred and associated.
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What’s the definition of detonation?
The literal meaning or a word.
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What’s figurative language?
Non literal way of communicating e.g simile, metaphor
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What’s the definition of etymology?
The study of the origin of words and how they have changed throughout history.
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What’s the definition of style?
Describes the way the author uses words.
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What’s the definition of synonym?
Words that have equivalent meanings
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What’s the definition of antonyms?
Words that have opposite meanings.
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What’s the definition of morpheme?
The smallest grammatical units that have some intrinsic meaning/value
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What’s the definition of register?
Level of formality in a piece of writing
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What’s the definition of semantic field?
Grouping of words connected by a shared field or reference.
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What’s the definition of dysphemism?
The substitution of a pleasant word for an unpleasant term
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What’s the definition of euphemism?
The substitution of a harsh/blunt term for a mild/indirect word
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What’s the definition of Lingua Franca?
Common language between speakers
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What’s the definition of taboo?
Prohibited or restricted by social custom.
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What’s the definition of idiom?
Phrases that can’t be understood by just looking at them.
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What’s the definition of a metaphor?
Figure of speech applied to an object/action which it isn’t literally applicable
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What’s the definition of a phrase?
More than one word that acts as a single word classification (less than a clause)
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What’s the definition of a noun phrase?
A word or group of words containing a noun and functioning in a sentence as subject, object, or prepositional object.
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What’s the definition of a prepositional phrase?
A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase
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What’s the definition of a clause?
Subject + verb + (optional) object
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What’s the definition of the declarative sentence mood?
Sentences that make statements
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What’s the definition of interrogative sentence moods?
Sentences that form questions
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What’s the definition of the imperative sentence mood?
Sentences that form commands
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What’s the definition of the exclamatory sentence mood?
Sentences that are strongly emotive
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What’s the definition of minor sentences/fragment?
Something presented as a sentence, but not a complete clause. Usually presented as some kind of emphasis.
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What’s the definition of simple sentences?
Only has one main clause
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What’s the definition of a compound sentence?
Has two or more clauses joined by coordinating conjunctions.
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What’s the definition of complex sentences?
Has two or more clauses joined by subordinating conjunctions
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What’s the definition of the active voice?
Where the subject of the sentence carries out the verb
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What’s the definition of passive voice?
Where the subject of the sentence has the verb carried out on it
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What’s anaphora?
Where the beginnings of sentences borrow phrasing from the beginnings of previous sentences (start in the same way)
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What’s triadic structures?
Groupings of three elements in a sentence. The structure is usually used to generate a sense of rhythm and power, and creates balance and boosts the sentences real impact
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What’s syndetic lists?
Lists of nouns or noun phrases where at some point there’s a coordinating conjunction
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What’s asyndetic lists?
Lists of nouns or noun phrases, where there is no coordinating conjunction at all. Usually this affects the rhythm of the sentence, producing a more pronounced and staccato effect.
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What’s cohesion?
The way texts connect across sentences or utterances. It’s important in spoken language and grammar.
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What’s pragmatics?
All about assumptions in language

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