Lexis

Mode

Semantics

Syntax

Phonology

Prosody

Pragmatics

Graphology

Discourse

Cohesion

Morphology

Superlative

Inflection

Synonyms

Neologisms

Denotation

Connotation

Antonyms

Metonymy

Figurative expressions

Hyperbole

Phonology

Phoneme

Phonetics

Elision

Typeface

Serif

Accent

Dialect

Workman 2008

Codify

Received Pronunciation

Estuary English

Sociolect

Idiolect

Slang

Elitist

Trudgill 1983

Cheshire 1982

Overt prestige

Covert prestige

Robin Lakoff 1975

Deficit approach

Hedges and fillers

Apologetic requests

Tag questions

Indirect requests

O'Barr and Atkins 1980

Holmes 1984

Cameron 2007

Dominance model

Difference model

Beattie 1982

Marked terms

Generic term

Lexical asymmetry

Plain English Campaign 1979

Humorous persuasive techniques

Numbers for phonemes

Affixation

Interactional language

Referential language

Expressive language

Transactional language

Phatic language

Ellipsis

False starts

Back-channelling

Deictic expression

Non-fluency features

Hedging

Adjacency pairs

Signalling closure

Ideology