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Units 1 & 2 - English Language

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By: Leon Mcbreen
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Decks in this class (14)

Metalanguage
What is an accent 1,
What are acronyms 2,
What are alphabetisms 3
82  cards
Additional Metalanguage
Highly informal non standard lang...,
Informal everyday language that i...,
Highly precise and technical lang...
14  cards
Phonetics & Phonology - IPA Symbols
I 1,
2,
3
44  cards
Phonetics & Phonology - Connected Speech Processes
Adding a sound eg athlete athalete 1,
Removing a sound eg fifth fith 2,
Borrowing properties such as plac...
4  cards
Phonetics & Phonology - Prosodic Features
Placing excess force on a syllabl...,
Height of the sound low or high r...,
Patterns of changes in pitch acro...
5  cards
Phonetics & Phonology - Effects of Prosody
Making certain words or syllables...,
Using variation to distinguish be...,
Adjusting tone and pitch to refle...
10  cards
Morphology
The core part of a word that carr...,
A morpheme that can stand alone a...,
A morpheme that cannot stand alon...
8  cards
Lexicology
A word class that names people pl...,
A noun that names a specific pers...,
A noun that is a general name for...
14  cards
*Syntax
The part of the sentence that goe...,
A central word in a phrase that d...,
A group of words that work togeth...
24  cards
Syntax - Sentence Types & Structure
Refers to the grammatical structu...,
Purpose used to make a statement ...,
Purpose used to ask a question 3
10  cards
Semantics, Discourse and Pragmatics
An abstract space containing a ca...,
The process of drawing conclusion...,
The emotional cultural or associa...
4  cards
Semantics, Discourse and Pragmatics - Paralinguistic Features
The quality or character of the v...,
The highness or lowness of the vo...,
The use of silence or breaks in s...
7  cards
Core Functions of Language
The language function that displa...,
The language function that expres...,
The language function that direct...
6  cards
Contextual Factors & Register
The immediate circustances in whi...,
The way in which the communicatio...,
The specific channel through whic...
12  cards

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