Grammar and Linguistic Terminology 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LanguageLanguage variation and discoursesInvestigating languageLanguage and social valuesA2/A-levelAll boards Created by: IzzyDaymondCreated on: 31-05-15 19:13 Borrowing A word or expression taken from another language. 1 of 29 Contraction The formation of a word by shortening an existing one. 2 of 29 Neologism The creation of a previously non-existent word. 3 of 29 Euphemism A mild or indirect word or phrase used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one. 4 of 29 Blending The formation of a word by combining specific parts of other words. 5 of 29 Antonym Words that are opposite in meaning. 6 of 29 Homophones Words that sound the same but have different meanings. 7 of 29 Phonetics/Phonology The sound of the language. 8 of 29 Collocation Words that commonly or habitually go together. 9 of 29 Compounding Two words put together to form a different word. 10 of 29 Conversion Changing a word class (e.g verb to noun or noun to verb) 11 of 29 Acronymisation Using the initial letters of a group of words to form a new but pronounceable word. 12 of 29 Polyseme Words with more than one meaning. 13 of 29 Poly-syllabic Words with more than one syllable. 14 of 29 Prepositional Phrase A phrase that begin with a preposition. 15 of 29 Subordinate Clause Part of a sentence that would not make sense if the preceding/proceeding conjunction was removed. 16 of 29 Simple Sentence A sentence that contains one clause. 17 of 29 Complex Sentence A sentence that contains both a main clause and a subordinate clause. 18 of 29 Compound Sentence A sentence that contains two or more clauses joined by conjunctions. 19 of 29 Modifiers Words of phrases that describe a word or make the word more specific (e.g adjectives and adverbs) 20 of 29 Modal Verbs Words that express uncertainty or necessity (e.g, should, must, could, can, will, may etc.) 21 of 29 Interactional Language Language used in general conversation for socialising. 22 of 29 Transactional Language Language used to give or gain information for a direct purpose. 23 of 29 Hedge Words of phrases that weaken the impact of the sentence (e.g. maybe, I think, perhaps etc) 24 of 29 Syntactic Parallelism Repetition of Similar grammatical structures in one or more sentences. 25 of 29 Anaphora Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of multiple phrases or sentences. 26 of 29 Antistrophe Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of multiple sentences or phrases. 27 of 29 Noun Phrase A group of words focused around a head noun. 28 of 29 Active Voice A verb phrase that includes a finite present or past tense verb. 29 of 29
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