Terminology

Question 1

Lexis

Answer 1

Words and vocabulary

Question 2

Grammar

Answer 2

Ways sentences/words are constructed

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Syntax

Answer 3

How phrases/clauses/sentences are structured in relation to one another.

Question 4

Phonology

Answer 4

The sounds within words.

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Semantics

Answer 5

Meanings and interpretations of language.

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Pragmatics

Answer 6

Language and context. Meanings that have to be inferred that are learned as a part of a particular community.

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Discourse

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When texts and ideas interact through language as part of a wider social discussion.

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Graphology

Answer 8

The visual arrangement of a text, eg. images, fonts, colours.

Question 9

Phoneme

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A basic unit of sound.

Question 10

Nonverbal Behaviour

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Communication through body language, facial expressions etc.

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Paralanguage

Answer 11

Communication through vocal expression, whispering, laughter etc.

Question 12

World Englishes

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Varieties of English used in different countries across the world. Mainly areas that were formally colonised.

Question 13

Shibboleth

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A marker word to test how someone pronounces something and figure out where they are from.

Question 14

Adjacency Pairs

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Question and Answer, Greeting and Greeting, things that follow after each other in conversation.

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Dysphemism

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Bluntly explaining something.

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Euphemism

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Subtly explaining something, sugarcoating it.

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Etymology

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Origins of words.

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Morpheme

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Smallest unit of language.

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Lingua Franca

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Bridge language between cultures and countries.

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Abstract Noun

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Name of a state of mind, eg. Love, Sadness, etc.

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Common Noun

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Something you can see and touch, eg. chair, table, drink etc.

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Proper Noun

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Name of a person, place or thing, eg. John Pork, New York etc.

Question 23

Collective Noun

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A name for a collection or group of people, animals or things, eg. a jury, crowd, herd etc.

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Active Verb

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Physical processes, eg. to sleep, to kill etc.

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Stative Verb

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An emotional process, eg. to love, to think etc.

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Determinitive Adjective

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This, that, those, these, my, yours, etc.

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Distributive Adjective

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Each, every, either, neither etc.

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Qualitative Adjective

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Descriptive word, eg. tiny, amazing etc.

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Personal Pronouns

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I, me, you, we, us, he, she, etc.

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Elision

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Missing out elements from words, eg. 'brekkie', 'cozzie'.

Question 31

Demonstrative Pronouns

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This, that, those, these.

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Indefinite Pronouns

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All, somebody, everyone, etc.

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Interrogative Pronouns

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Who, what, where, when, why, how.

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Reflexive Pronoun

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Uses 'self' or 'selves' - eg. yourself, himself, etc.

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Possessive Pronoun

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Yours, mine, his, hers, etc.

Question 36

Chicanery

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Deceit and trickery in language.

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Diatribe

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An attack through language.

Question 38

Epizeuxis

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Repeating something 3 times in quick succession, eg. Sabrina Carpenter's "Please, Please, Please"

Question 39

Hypophora

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Asking a question and immediately answering it yourself.

Question 40

Litotes

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Underplaying something with irony.

Question 41

Invective

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Highly critical or insulting language.

Question 42

Oxymoron

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Two contradictory terms - a speedy snail.

Question 43

Sophistry

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Lying in arguments with the intention of deceiving.

Question 44

Propaganda

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Information to promote a political cause, can sometimes be lying or misleading.

Question 45

Polemic

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Expressing a controversial opinion about someone or something.

Question 46

Self-repair

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Rephrasing yourself to sound clearer, eg. "what i meant was..."

Question 47

Interrupted Construction

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Losing your train of thought during a sentence/utterance, so starting a new one.

Question 48

Back-channelling

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Using noises and fillers to show engaged listening.

Question 49

Hedging

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Trying to be more polite in language.

Question 50

Synthetic Personalisation

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Using 'you' towards an audience, and creating a persona for them. Usually done in advertising or rhetoric.

Question 51

Syndetic Listing

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List WITH punctuation.

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Asyndetic Listing

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List WITHOUT punctuation.

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Neologism

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Made up words, eg. temptational, outsparkle.

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Portmanteau

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Combining words together, eg. brunch.

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Sibilance

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Repetition of the S sound.

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds.

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Consonance

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Repetition of consonant sounds.

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Fricative Alliteration

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Repetition of the F and V sounds.

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Plosive Alliteration

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Repetition of B, K and P sounds.

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Dental Alliteration

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Repetition of D and T sounds.

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Guttural Alliteration

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Repetition of G and C sounds.

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Liquid Alliteration

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Repetition of L and R sounds.

Question 63

Syntactically Fronted Coordinated Conjunction

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Starting a sentence with a conjunction.