'The Beginning' 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageLanguage variation and discoursesASEdexcel Created by: LucyGillamCreated on: 06-04-18 16:58 What is a discourse event? an act of communication occurring in a specific time and location involving producers and receivers 1 of 22 What is a text producer? The person responsible for creating a text 2 of 22 What is a text receiver? The person or people responsible for interpreting a text 3 of 22 What is a multi-purpose text? A text that clearly has more than one purpose 4 of 22 What is a primary purpose? The main and most easily recognisable purpose 5 of 22 What is a secondary purpose? An additional and perhaps more subtle purpose 6 of 22 What is an implied reader? A constructed image of an idealised reader 7 of 22 What is an actual reader? Person/people actually interpreting the text 8 of 22 What is an implied writer? A constructed image of an idealised writer 9 of 22 What is an actual writer? the 'real' person or people responsible for text production 10 of 22 What is a Discourse community? People with shared interests and belief systems who are likely to respond to the texts in similar ways 11 of 22 What is mode? The physics 12 of 22 Give 4 ways of describing written text (4) Choose from: objective, a monologue, durable, planned, highly structured, grammatically complex, formal, decontextualised 13 of 22 Give 4 ways of describing spoken text (4) Choose from: interpersonal, a dialogue, ephemeral, spontaneous, loosely structured, grammatically simple, concerned with the present, informal, contextualised 14 of 22 What is genre? A way of grouping texts based on shared conventions 15 of 22 What is register? A variety of language that is associated with a particular situation of use 16 of 22 What is situational characteristic? A key characteristic of the time, place, and contexts in which communication takes place 17 of 22 What is dialect? variation of words and structures associated with particular geographical region 18 of 22 What is an accent? Variation of pronunciation associated with a particular geographical region 19 of 22 What is sociolect? Variation in language use associated with membership of a particular social group 20 of 22 What is idiolect? Variation in language use associated with an individuals' personalised 'speech style' 21 of 22 What is representation? Portrayal of events, people and circumstances through language and other meaning-making resources 22 of 22
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