METALANGUAGE Flashcards
(26 cards)
Formal features for syntax
Declarative sentences
prepositional phrases/ nominalization ( noun phrase)
passive voice with end focus on processes
Informal features for syntax
fragments
imperatives/ interrogatives on written modes
conjunctions in spoken modes to create long structures composed of many clauses
lower lexical density
Formal features for morphology
complex lexemes
Use of Latinate affixes
Informal features for morphology
hypocoristic create neologism/ blends/ acronyms/ high frequency lexemes eg stuff
Formal features for Lexicology
sophisticated/ low frequency lexis
Greek roots
Euphemisms to manage taboo and offence
Informal features of lexicology
Colloquial lexis/slang
Expletives and dysphemism’s
More idioms
Interjections
Di\deictic lexemes with greater context knowledge
What is “I”
1st person singular subject pronoun
What is “Their”
3rd person plural possessive determiner
what is “they”
3rd person plural subject pronoun
What is “Me”
1st person singular object pronoun
What is “WE”
1st person plural subject pronoun
what is ‘us’
1st person plural object pronoun
What is ‘mine’
first person singular possessive pronoun
what is ‘ours’
1st person plural possessive pronoun
‘My’
1st person singular possessive determiner
‘our’
1st person plural possessive determiner
What is ‘you’
(note - theres 4 options here)
2nd person singular subject pronoun
2nd person plural subject pronoun
2nd person singular object pronoun
2nd person plural object pronoun
WHAT IS ‘yours’
(*note - 2 options)
2nd person singular possessive pronoun
2nd person plural possessive pronoun
what is ‘your’
(note two options)
2nd person singular possessive determiner
2nd person plural possessive determiner
what is ‘she/he./It”
3rd person singular subject pronoun
What is ‘they’
3rd person plural subject pronoun
what is ‘her/him/it’
3rd person singular object pronoun
‘them’
3rd person plural object pronoun
‘Her/his/its’
3rd person singular possessive pronoun
