English Terms Revision

 o   Non-fluency- ‘erm, er’ etc.-Any features that make it clear it is spontaneous which is fillers and hesitations.

o      Filler-is a voiced pause such as ‘er’ and ‘erm’.

o      Imagery-Creating imagery with words.

o      Phatic talk- making small talk, saying things for the sake of it ‘a nice morning isn’t it?’

Rhythm- some stressed some non-stressed-giving a text a beat.

o      Rhyming pattern- An example: ABAB

Compound- ‘blackbird’, ‘handbag’ and ‘skateboard’- putting two words together.

o      Neologisms-made up words

Suffix- goes on the end such as ’ly’

o      Prefix-goes at the front

Political correctness-not offending anyone.

o      Teenspeak-slang

 Back formation- changes the word class ‘editor’ to ‘to edit’.

o      Tag question- integrative- expecting a reply.

Sociolect- the words you chose to use within your social group.

o      Idioms- Cliché an overused metaphor- he kicked the bucket- can mean literally kicked the bucket or died.

Euphemism-mild expression-‘he passed away’

o      Syllables- how many beats per word.

 Acronym- USA- ‘United States Of America’

o      Sonnet- 14 lines in a poem.

 Rhyming couplet- two lines that rhyme.

o      Pragmatics- study of language.

Double negative- ‘I aint got no food’.

o      Estuary…