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Terminology
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- 1CONSITUENT STRUCTUREthe key components of a phrase
- 2COMPARATIVEthe forms for comparing two items, adjectives inflected with -er or combined with "more" are in the comparative form
- 3COMPLEMENTARYtruly opposite antonyms
- 4COMPLEX SENTENCEa sentence containing a main clause with one or more subordinate or dependant clauses, often connected with a subordinating conjuction
- 5COMPOUND SENTENCEa sentence containing two or more main clauses connected by coordinating conjunctions or sometimes just seperated by punctuation
- 6COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCEa sentence containing at least two main clauses and at least one subordinate clause
- 7CONCEPTUAL METAPHORthe way in which abstract terms are mapped on to physical entities through an underlying conceptual structure
- 8CONNECTIVEa word such as a CONJUCTION that connects words, phrases, clauses, sentences or paragraphs
- 9CONNOTATIONan associated, symbolic meaning meaning relying on culturally shared conventions
- 10CONSONANCEthe repetition of consonant sounds for effect
- 11COHESIONa measure of how well a text fits together as a whole, it's internal logic and construction
- 12CONSTRAINTSways in which powerful participants may block or control the contributions of less powerful participants, e.g through interrupting
- 13CONTINUUMa way of representing differences by placing texts along a line showing degrees of various features
- 14CONVENTIONan agreed or shared feature
- 15CONVERSATIONAL ANALYSISthe analysis of the structure and features of conversation
- 16COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLEthe principle that suggests that all communication is essentially a cooperative act
- 17COORDINATING CONJUCTIONSwords such as and, but, and or that link clauses to form compound sentences
- 18COVERT MARKINGmarking that is understood but there is no surface evidence e.g young (unmarked) and old (marked)
- 19COVERT PRESTIGEa form of high status given to non standard forms
- 20CULTURAL MODELan organisational structure based on shared and agreed criteria by groups of people within a society
- 21ASSONANCEthe repetition of vowel sounds for effect
- 22ACTORthe individual or entity responsible for the action of a verb process
- 23ADJACENY PAIRtwo utterances by different speakers that have a natural and logical link, and complete an idea together
- 24ADJECTIVAL PHRASEa phrase with an adjective as it's head, for example "very big"
- 25ADVERBIAL PHRASEa phrase with an adverb as it's head for example "very quickly"
- 26AFFECTEDthe person or entity affected by a material action process
- 27AGENCYthe responsibility for, or cause of, an action
- 28ALLITERATIONa sequence of words beginning with the same sound
- 29ANAPHORIC REFERENCINGreferencing back to an already statd lexical item
- 30ANTONYMYwords with opposite semantic value
- 31ACRONYMYthe process abbreviating that uses the first letter of each word but it pronounced as one word like LOL
- 32ASYNCHRONOUS DISCOURSEdiscourse in which there are delays between the turns that participants take
- 33AUXILIARY VERBSa verb that supports or helps another, it shows tense or modality
- 34BASE FORMthe simple form of an adjective, serving to modify
- 35BLOGGERan individual who uses a web log
- 36BOOSTING DEVICEa linguistic device used to intensify the force of an expression for added emphasis or power
- 37CATAPHORIC REFERENCINGreferencing forwards to an as yet undisclosed lexical item
- 38CATENATIVEa verb that can attach to another to form a chain
- 39CLAUSEa group of lexical items that can attach to another to form a chain
- 40CLAUSE PATTERNSpatterns produced by writers using certain types of clause for impact and effect
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