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English categorising texts
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- 1Lexical fieldwords (lexical terms) that are similar in meaning
- 2complex sentencesentence containing 1 or more subordinate clauses
- 3compound sentencesentence containing 2 or more main clauses + connected with conjunction
- 4Syntax1 of major components of grammar - rules that govern how sentences are formed + how words combine
- 5Lexisframework that deal with vocabulary
- 6conjunctionlinks words, phrases + clauses together
- 7pronounreplaces noun
- 8nounnames of objects
- 9adverbadds detail to verbs
- 10adjectiveadds detail to nouns
- 11imperativecommanding language
- 12nominal sentencesentence without verb
- 13pragmaticsframework interested in how context affects text's production + reception, shared + implied meanings, social conventions
- 14discourseframework dealing with structure of text
- 15graphologyframework dealing with visual elements of text
- 16registerformality of piece of spoken/written language
- 17semanticsframework that deals with meaning
- 18determinerpositioned in front of nouns to add detail or to clarify
- 19anaphoric referencingreferencing back to already stated lexical item
- 20synonymslexical terms that have generally equivalent meanings
- 21idiolectspeech habits peculiar to particular person
- 22sociolectdialect of particular social class
- 23dialectparticular form of language which is peculiar to specific region or social group
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