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Decks in this class (22)

Context
Audience 0,
Genre 1,
Purpose 2
7  cards
Lexical
Attributive adjective 0,
Predictive adjectives 1,
Dynamic verb 2
23  cards
Orthography
Polysyllabic 0,
Orthographical variation 1,
Monosyllabic 2
3  cards
Grammar
Imperatives 0,
Declaratives 1,
Exclamatories 2
22  cards
Semantics/Pragmatics
Euphemism 0,
Simile 1,
Dysphemism 2
11  cards
Phonological
Sibilance 0,
Assonance 1,
Plosion 2
3  cards
Structural
Cohesion 0,
Anaphorism cohesion 1,
Cataphoric cohesion 2
6  cards
Gender
Radical changes 0,
Feminine inanimate 1,
Patriarchy 2
10  cards
Technology
Phonetic spelling 0,
Deviant spelling 1,
Homophonic representation 2
9  cards
Language theory
Dominance model 0,
Defecit model 1,
Difference model 2
7  cards
Contemporary English
Conversationalization fairclough 0,
Informalisation goodman 1,
Approximates speech 2
8  cards
Attitudes To Language Change
Proscriptive 0,
Prescriptivist 1
2  cards
Language Change
Diachronic approach 0,
Synchronic approach 1,
Mesolect 2
4  cards
Child Language Aquisition
Non vocal 0,
Pre verbal 1,
Vocalisation 2
28  cards
Early Modern English
Standardising english 0,
Internal borrowing 1,
Terminal e 2
8  cards
Childrens Reading
Phonics 1,
Hypernyms 2,
Hyponyms 3
4  cards
Determiners
Possessive determiners 1,
Demonstrative determiners 2,
Indefinite determiners 3
6  cards
18th and 19th Centuary
Prescriptive attitudes 1,
Why was prescriptivism so popular 2,
Descriptive attitudes 3
6  cards
Functions Of Child Language
Regulatory 1,
Intersectional 2,
Personal 3
8  cards
Phonological Aquisition
How do children begin to learn to...,
Stopped sounds 2,
Reduplication 3
9  cards
Spelling Stages
Semi phonetic 1,
Pre phonemic 2
2  cards
French & Raven
Reward 1,
Coercive 2,
Expert 3
7  cards

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