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what is discourse analysis?

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not interested in how language works, but in how its used to perform a variety of functions
e.g. the sound the tongue makes

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what is a discourse event?

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an act of communication occurring in a specific time and location

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what is a text producer and text receiver?

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text producer: the person or people responsible for creating a text
text receiver: the person or people interpreting a text

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ways to explore a text?

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who is the actual and implied text producer?
who is the actual and implied reader?

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what is representation?

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the portrayal of events, people and circumstances through language

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what is GRAMP?

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genre, register, audience, mode and purpose

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what is genre?

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a way of grouping texts based on shared conventions - defines what type of text you are looking at

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what is register?

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the particular varieties of styles of speaking or writing

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what is audience?

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those who are reading

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what is mode?

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the physical channel of communication : either speech or writing

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what is purpose?

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the reason behind a text

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what is blended mode?

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conventional elements of both speech or writing
e.g. text messages

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what are open and closed word classes?

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open word classes : those that are flexible and accumulate lots of new words over time, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs
closed word classes : those that are largely fixed and accumulate very few new words over time e.g. pronouns, prepositions

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what is a pronoun?

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substitutes for a noun
e.g. he, she, they, it

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what is a preposition?

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provides connections between words
e.g. in, on, between, during

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what is a proper noun?

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refer to names of people or places

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what is an abstract noun?

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refer to states, feelings and concepts that are not physical
e.g. love

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what is a concrete noun?

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refers to objects that have a physical existence

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what is a collective noun?

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a name for a group of nouns
e.g. herd, flock

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what is a material verb?

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shows action or events
e.g. hit, jump, wash, build

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what is a relational verb?

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identifies properties or shows a state of being
e.g. be, appear, seem, become

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what is a mental verb?

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shows internal processes
e.g. think, believe, wish

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what is a verbal verb?

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shows external process of communication through speech
e.g. say, shout, scream

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what is a comparative?

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a form used to compare two instances either adding ‘er’ or using ‘more’

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what is a superlative?
a form used to compare more than two instances, identifying a best example e.g. 'greater'
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what is a personal pronoun?
refers to people and are differentiated in terms of person (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
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what is a demonstrative pronoun?
orientates the reader or listener towards a person, object or idea e.g. this, these, that, those
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what is a determiner?
a person or thing that determines or decides something
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what is a possessive determiner?
shows ownership? e.g. my, your, her, our
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what is a numeral determiner?
determines the number of nouns e.g. one apple
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what is a sub ordinating conjunction?
links clauses together to show one is dependent on another e.g. because, although, while, for
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what is a lexical field?
all the words have a similar meaning
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what is a semantic field?
a theme going through a text
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what is an evaluative adjective?
they add a biased positive or negative opinion focusing on any kind of good / bad evaluation
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what is a euphemism?
words / phrases when substitute mild or vague language to soften the harsh reality of a subject
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what is a narrative and narrative discourse?
narrative : a series of events narrative discourse : discourse is concerned with larger stretches of texts
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types of perspective?
subjective, monologue, one panel
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what are quantifiers?
show either specific or non specific quantities of a noun e.g. some, any, a few
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what is internal and external evaluation?
internal evaluation: opinion with a story external evaluation: opinion outside a story
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written text discourse features?
text boxes, slogan, bullet points, font choices, paragraph organisation, headlines / subheading, overall layout - images, use of brackets / parenthesis, chronological / non chronological
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what is a collocation?
words that are associated together e.g. fish and chips
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what is a detonation?
the dictionary definition of a word
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what are the 8 main word classes?
noun, adjective, verb, pronoun, adverb, conjunction, determiner, preposition
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what are phrases and noun phrases?
phrases : can form larger structures noun phrases : a group of words centred around a noun that acts as the ‘head’ of the phrase
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what is a prepositional phrase?
one in which a preposition is the headword
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what are adjectival and adverbial phrases?
these usually consist of an adjective or adverb preceded by one or more intensifiers e.g. tomorrow will be VERY MUCH warmer
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what is a verb phrase?
a verb phrase is built around a head word, the main word
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what are clauses?
the same way that words form phrases, phrases form larger structures called clauses. these are groups or words centred around a verb phrase
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what is a subject?
person / place / thing carrying out the action of the verb
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what is a direct object?
a person / place / thing which receives the action of a verb
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what is a complement?
a verb may be followed by a noun or an adjective to complete the sense of a sentence
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what is an adverbial?
an adverb or prepositional phrase that adds info about time, place or manner
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a clause is…
a sentence in its smallest form
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what is a subordinate clause?
used to hold additional meaning to a sentence - doesnt make sense by itself
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what is a main clause?
makes sense by itself
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what is a relative clause?
a type of subordinate clause. it usually adds more detail about the noun in the main clause. they can turn simple sentences into complex sentences
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what is a simple sentence?
single clause with no conjunctions
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what is a compound sentence?
uses two or more main clauses
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what is a complex sentence?
must have atleast one main clause and one subordinate clause
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what are the sentence functions and their fancy names?
a statement - a declarative a question - an interrogative a command - an imperative an exclamation - an exclamative
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what is graphology?
font, colour, style of writing, logo
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different ways to categorise text?
genre by purpose, genre by discourse structure, mode
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what is colloquial language?
colloquial expressions are items of everyday language used in informal context
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what is amelioration?
the meaning of a word takes on a more positive connotation in society
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what is pejoration?
the meaning of a word takes on a more negative connotation in society
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what is an idiom?
an expression whose meaning is not dependant on the meanings of the word
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what are pragmatics?
pragmatic refer to the idea of assumed meanings, where people know how things work before they share inferences - unspoken understandings
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what is a referential and interactional discourse?
referential : a text which gives info interactional : a text which engages the reader
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what is syntax structure?
sentence structure
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what is an imperative verb?
these create a tone of instruction
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what are marked terms?
items that are used to convey differences in gender

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