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English Language - Key Terms (Lexis and Semantics (Sociolect (Language…
English Language - Key Terms
Grammar
Morpheme
Smallest grammatical unit.
Affix
A morpheme that combines with a root morpheme to create a new word.
Root Morpheme
A morpheme that can stand on its own as a word.
Word Class
The grammatical category in which words can be placed.
Lexis and Semantics
Sociolect
Language associated with a particular social group.
Dialect
Language associated with a particular geographical location.
Jargon
Technical lexis associated with a particular group or activity
Semantic fields
Groups of words connected by a shared meaning.
Synonyms
Words with equivalent meaning
Antonyms
Words with contrasting meaning
Hypernyms
Words whose meaning contain other words
Hyponyms
Words that can be included in a larger, more general category
Discourse
Discourse Markers
Words, phrases or clauses that help speech organisation.
Adjuncts
Non-essential elements of a clause that can be omitted.
Disjuncts
Sentence adverbs that work to express an attitude or stance towards material that
follows
Cataphoric references
Referencing something that is not yet identified.
Anaphoric reference
Making reference to something previously mentioned in the text.
Graphology
Typographical features
Features of fonts in text such as font, size, and colour.
Orthographical features
Features of the writing system such as spelling, capitalisation and punctuation,
Pragmatics
Inference
The understanding of implied meaning
Speech acts
Communicative acts that carry meaning beyond the words and phrases used.
Phonetic, Phonology and Prosidics
Phoneme
Basic unit of sound.
Syllable
A sound unit with a vowel at its centre.
Accent
A regional variety of speech different to other regional varieties in regards to pronunciation.