Terms

Question 1

denotation

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literal meaning

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connotation

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associated meaning

Question 3

implied writer

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a constructed idea of an idealised writer

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actual writer

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real person who produced the text

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primary purpose of text

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most important purpose

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secondary purpose of text

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less obvious purpose of a text

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discourse community

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a group of text receivers with shared beliefs and ideas

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mode

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the manner language is expressed eg spoken or written

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genre

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a group of texts with shared conventions

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intertextuality

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when conventions of genres are borrowed by another text

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blended mode text

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contains elements of both speech and writing

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variation

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differences in language across different contexts

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register

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variety of language used depending on context

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representation

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portrayal of events

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situational characteristics

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aspects of context that determine the register

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3 types of noun

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concrete (singular or plural), abstract, proper

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4 types of verb

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material, relational, mental, verbal

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material verb

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shows actions or events

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relational verb

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identifies properties or states of being

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mental verb

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shows internal processes

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verbal verb

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shows external processes via speech

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3 types of adjective/adverb

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base, comparative, superlative

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base adjective/ adverb

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basic modifier of a noun

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comparative adjective/adverb

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comparing nouns debating a best, eg bigger

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superlative adjective/ adverb

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comparing nouns indicating a best, eg biggest

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3 types of pronouns

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personal, demonstrative, indefinite

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personal pronoun

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referring to a person based on tense, eg I, you or we

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demonstrative pronoun

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specifying an object and its quantity eg this or these

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indefinite pronoun

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non specific person or object eg anyone, everything

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3 types of determiners

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article, possessive, quantifier

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article determiner

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shows that something is definite (the) or indefinite (a/an)

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possessive determiner

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shows ownership eg my, your

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quantifier determiner

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shows quantities of noun, eg any, one, both

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two types of conjunctions

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co-ordinating and sub-ordinating

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co-ordinating conjunction

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links equal clauses or sentences together, eg and, but

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sub-ordinating

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links two clauses together where one is dependent on the other, eg because, although

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collocation

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words which typically appear together

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synonyms

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words with similar meanings

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antonyms

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words with opposite meanings

Question 40

euphemism

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rephrasing of an idea, usually to avoid speaking about a taboo

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dysphemism

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direct phrases which talk about social taboos

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3 types of antonyms

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complementary, binary, relational

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complementary antonym

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mutually exclusive, where one is true, the other is false. eg alive or dead, win or lose

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binary antonym

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exist on a spectrum, where there are varying degrees of difference, eg tall or short, hot or cold

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relational antonym

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where one implies the existence of the other, eg doctor or patient, buy or sell, husband or wife

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hyponomy

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relation between general and more specific words, showing superordination or subordination

Question 47

metaphor

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presents an idea in the terms of something else