mode/ register

Question 1

What is context:
GASP?

Answer 1

Genre- mode (spoken, electronic, written)- How- Where
Audience - tenor (author and audience) - who (to whom?) - when
subject - field (topic) - what which (genre,
purpose (motivation) - function- why mode)?

Question 2

Language chain:
where did old English originate from?
What happened after that?

Answer 2

German
French invaded in 1066 and brought French and Latin

Question 3

What is the main differences between Old English, French and Latin?

Answer 3

Old English= basic
French= polite
Latin= formal
some roots also came from Greek

Question 4

Examples of words from a Greek origin?

Answer 4

metaphor
enthusiasm
biology
charismatic
photograph
idiosyncrasy
cathedral

have lots of words with -ph, -th, -asm, -ch, -y, -gy

Question 5

Examples of words from a French origin?

Answer 5

beauty
cousin
courage
colour
costume
mercy
parliament
patience

have lots of words with - beau, -lour, -parli, -ment, -tience

Question 6

Examples of words from a Latin origin?

Answer 6

premium
stimulus
apparatus
formula
camp
sign
priest

have lots of words with -um, -us, scientific words

Question 7

Examples of words from Old English origin?

Answer 7

black
bone
chest
field
foot
goat
good
house
year
wood
hedge
floor
dog

most of the words are quite basic description words

Question 8

define idiolect?

Answer 8

ones own personal way of speaking (idiom)

Question 9

define lexicon?

Answer 9

ones personal range of words/ general dictionary

Question 10

define register?

Answer 10

how something is written to be appropriate for its text type, written, spoken, formal, informal,

Question 11

define orthography?

Answer 11

spellings

Question 12

define derivational?

Answer 12

to derive (form) new words

Question 13

define coinage/ coined?

Answer 13

the act of creating a new word or phrase that other people begin to use (a word that someone has invented)

Question 14

define inflections/ inflectional?

Answer 14

change in the form of a word usually by the addition of ending(s) (suffix(es))
-s
-ed
-ing

Question 15

Morphology:
How are morphemes formed?

Answer 15

prefix(es)- root- suffix(es)

root- stands on its own

Question 16

Morphology:
what are the bound morphemes?

Answer 16

prefixes and suffixes together affixes as they cannot stand on their own they have to be connected to a root

e.g.
disheartened
heart = root
hearten
dishearten
disheartened

Question 17

Morphology:
what is the free morpheme?

Answer 17

the root
it can stand on its own

Question 18

what is meant by register?

Answer 18

words used in a particular context

Question 19

what is meant by lexis?

Answer 19

only open class words

Question 20

what is meant by legal lexis?

Answer 20

words with a technical meaning used by lawyers, in legal documents etc.
e.g. deputation, tort

Question 21

what is meant by literary lexis?

Answer 21

words used mainly in English literature, and not in normal speech or writing
e.g. vale, cerulean

Question 22

what is meant by medical lexis?

Answer 22

words or phrases that are more likely to be used by doctors than by ordinary people, and that often have a more common equivalent
e.g. femur, haemorrhoids

Question 23

what is meant by technical lexis?

Answer 23

words used by doctors, scientists and other specialists
e.g. HTML, titration

Question 24

what is meant by archaic lexis?

Answer 24

(nobody alive would really use it) words used in earlier centuries
e.g. knave, villein

Question 25

what is meant by biblical lexis?

Answer 25

words used in the language of the bible, and would sound old-fashioned to a modern speaker (Latin) e.g. smite, beget

Question 26

what is meant by everyday lexis?

Answer 26

words or phrases that are most frequently used in everyday speech and writing e.g. offie, seeya

Question 27

what is meant by impolite lexis?

Answer 27

words or phrases that are considered rude, and that might offend some people e.g. slut, busybody

Question 28

what is meant by written lexis?

Answer 28

(email has its own register) words or phrases that are only used, or nearly always, in written English e.g. OMFG, sic

Question 29

what is meant by British English?

Answer 29

e.g. Guvnor, Bollocks

Question 30

what is meant by American English?

Answer 30

e.g. sidewalk, dime store

Question 31

what is meant by Australian English?

Answer 31

e.g. strewth, dunny

Question 32

what is meant by old-fashioned lexis?

Answer 32

(people still alive might use, grandparent language) words that were commonly used in the past, but would sound old-fashioned today e.g. a 'Porth, courting

Question 33

what is meant by spoken lexis?

Answer 33

words or phrases used only, or nearly always in conversation e.g. gonna, heya

Question 34

what is meant by taboo lexis?

Answer 34

words that should not be used because they are very rude or offensive e.g. shit, fuck

Question 35

what is meant by trademarks?

Answer 35

words that are official names of particular products e.g. Kleenex (although in American lexis any tissue = Kleenex), anadin

Question 36

what is meant by formal lexis?

Answer 36

suitable for formal speech and writing, but not normally used in ordinary conversation e.g. assert, felicitations

Question 37

what is meant by informal lexis?

Answer 37

words/ phrases used in normal conversation, but may not be suitable in more formal contexts, e.g. essays or business letters e.g. whatevs, thingy

Question 38

what is meant by humorous lexis?

Answer 38

words that are normally used in a joking way e.g. oojamaflip, chavwagon

Question 39

what are the 7 factors of spoken language?

Answer 39

close immediate (contextualised) ephemeral interactional informal non-standard unplanned - immediate CUISINE

Question 40

what are the 7 factors of written language?

Answer 40

distant delayed (decontextualised) permanent transactional formal standard planned