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  • A complete grammatical unit which makes sense, made up of words and phrases, same as a simple sentence
    Clause
  • a group of words related to the same subject (for example, words relating to violence)
    semantic field
  • the feedback which a listener gives to a speaker to show that (s)he is following, or understands what the speaker is saying
    back channelling
  • refers to names of people and places (James, England, London)
    proper noun
  • the use of a single word to express a complex idea
    holophrastic
  • Words that are context-bound where meaning depends on who is being referred to, where something is happening or when it is happening
    Deixis
  • A pronoun which indicates who the object belongs to
    Possessive pronoun
  • adverb of time
    temporal deixis
  • Names; words for specific people, places or things
    Proper noun
  • Words that indicate place or relationship of one thing to another in a sentence
    Preposition
  • Used to make asking questions easy: wh- question words: who, what, where, why, when, whose, how
    Interrogative pronoun
  • A command - a type of sentence where the subject is usually left out and which functions as an order
    Imperative sentence
  • A word that modifies a verb, telling you how, where, when and how
    Adverb
  • A type of noun that refers to tangible things we can experience (chair, human, phone, water)
    Concrete Noun
  • a word or phrase that is informal – used in everyday conversation
    colloquialism
  • a non-verbal sound that acts like a pause – either to signal uncertainty or simply as a pause for the speaker
    filler
  • expresses necessity or possibility (could, may, might, should, can, must)
    modal verb
  • An adverb that modifies an adjective such as 'really' or 'very'
    Intensifier
  • A word that modifies a noun
    Adjective
  • a word or phrase that makes a statement less forceful or assertive (kind of, almost)
    hedging
  • A sentence with only one clause
    Simple sentence
  • show either specific or non-specific quantities of a noun
    quantifiers
  • 'a' or 'an' item or thing
    Indefinite article
  • a noun which refers to ideas and concepts that only exist in the mind rather than a tangible thing (love, truth, anger, friendship)
    Abstract noun
  • Makes a statement (just like a declarative sentence), but it also conveys excitement or emotion; ends with an exclamation mark (!)
    Exclamative sentence
  • The order in which the elements of the sentence are placed
    Syntax
  • when a speaker begins to speak, stops and then starts again
    false start
  • A determiner that indicate a specific noun 'the'
    Definite article
  • Word classes that convey the meaning (semantics) in a sentence
    Lexical word class
  • Groups of words connected by a shared field of reference
    Semantic field
  • Words, phrases or clauses that help to organise what we say or write (eg OK, So, “As I was saying…”)
    Discourse markers
  • The process of new word formation, including the following: blends, compounds, acronyms, initialisms, eponyms.
    Neology
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