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English Linguistics A Level

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Decks in this class (30)

Language Levels
What are pragmatics,
Define grammar morphology,
What is graphology
7  cards
Genres in Texts
Letters,
Recipe,
Text messages
6  cards
Pragmatics
Define pragmatics,
What are schemas,
What is embodied knowledge
10  cards
Conversational Maxims
What are conversational maxims,
Who s study explained the coopera...,
Where are four maxims what are they
7  cards
Face Theory
What is the face theory,
What are positive face needs,
What are negative face needs
6  cards
Deixis
What are deictic words,
There are three deictic categorie...,
Give examples of spatial deixis
8  cards
Effects on Speech
What is the effect of pace in speech,
What is the effect of volume in s...,
What is the effect of pitch in sp...
7  cards
Speech Acts
What are the speech acts,
What is the locutionary act,
What is the illocutionary act
9  cards
Giles's Theory
What is convergence,
What is divergence
2  cards
Audience
When analysing on audience on a d...,
What is primary purpose,
What is secondary purpose
7  cards
Mode
What is mode,
What is a blended mode,
What is included in the mode of w...
5  cards
Lexis
Define lexis of a word
1  cards
Graphology
What is graphology,
What are key features of graphology,
Typographical fe
9  cards
Semantics
What are semantics,
What is a semantic field,
What are collocates
15  cards
Grammar
Essentially what is grammar,
What is syntax,
What is morphology
75  cards
Child Language Acquisition Theorists
0  cards
Language Change - Key Terms (Lexis)
What is borrowing,
What is affixation,
What is compounding
10  cards
Language Change - Key Terms (Semantics)
What is narrowing,
What is broadening,
What is amelioration
8  cards
Language Change - Key Terms (Grammar)
What is negation
1  cards
Language Change - Key Terms (Pragmatics)
What is implication
1  cards
Language Change - Key Terms (Orthography - Spelling)
0  cards
Language Change - Key Terms (Discourse)
0  cards
Language Change - Key Terms (Phonetics)
0  cards
Language Change - Key Terms (Graphology)
0  cards
Language Change - Key Terms (Attitudes/Ideas About Language Change)
0  cards
Language Change - Key Terms (Standardisation)
0  cards
Language Change - Key Terms (AS Topics)
0  cards
Language Change - Key Terms (Informalisation)
0  cards
Language Change - Key Terms (Reasons For Language Change)
0  cards
Language Change - Key Terms (Ideologies)
0  cards

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