English Language

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Decks in this class (16)

SF Lexis And Semantics
Noun 1,
Verb 2
2  cards
Identity
Les parrott 1,
Parrot s contributory factors 2,
Thornborrow 3
5  cards
Age
Gary ives 1,
Penelope eckert 2,
Jenny cheshire 3
12  cards
A+D Theorists
Thomas pear 1931 1,
Howard giles 1975 2,
Dixon mahoney and cocks 2002 3
15  cards
Accents and Dialect key terms
Accent 1,
Dialect 2,
Slang 3
26  cards
Occupation
Giles 1,
Martin seligman 2,
Robin lakoff 3
18  cards
Gender Theorists
George keith and john shuttlewort...,
Peter trudgill the norwich study 2,
Otto jespersen 1922 3
19  cards
Gender key terms
Empty adjectives 1,
Tag questions 2,
Commands 3
17  cards
Language and Sexuality
Lakoff 1,
Leap 2,
Polari 3
4  cards
Language Change - Key Terminology 1
Inkhorn terms 1,
External factors 2,
Internal factors 3
13  cards
Language Change - Key Terminology 2
Diachronic variation 1,
Synchronic variation 2,
Synchronic change 3
13  cards
Language Change - Theorists
Functional theory 1,
Sapir whorf hypothesis 2,
Language reform political correct...
13  cards
Language Change - Timeline
Old english 1,
Middle english 2,
15th century decline of feudal sy...
7  cards
Blending, Compounding, Collocations, Neologisms and Endangered Words
Blending examples 1,
Compounding examples 2,
Collocation examples 3
5  cards
Occupation key terms
Face threatening acts 1,
Restricted occupational lexis 2,
Discourse structure 3
10  cards
World English
Braj kachru 1,
Mencken 1921 2,
Schneider s dynamic model 3
13  cards

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