assonance?
the patterning of repeated vowel sounds across a phrase or sentence
e.g.
they call reasonable suspicion/ listen I bring friction
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liaision or linking?
when a new (semivowel) consonant sound appears to ‘connect’ two vowel sounds
e.g.
thats a nice drawing /drɔːriŋ/
elision?
missing out parts of words, either vowel or consonant sounds, or whole syllables.
e.g.
library /libri/ book
vowel?
An ‘open’ sound controlled mainly by the shape of the mouth and tongue.
/a:/, /e/, /i/, /D/, /u:/
assimilation?
when two consonant sounds merge into one, or combine to form a new sound
e.g.
name that tune /tsu:n/
diphthong?
a vowel sound made of more than one vowel, which ‘slide’ into one another
e.g.
/aI/, /eI/,
consonant?
a ‘closed’ sound controlled by stopping, with lips, teeth, throat and other parts of the mouth
e.g.
/b/, /k/, /dʒ/, /f/, /g/
weak/ reduced form?
shorter, softer, or less ‘complex’ pronunciations of common words
e.g.
where have you been /bin/?
metathesis?
swapping two (usually consonant) sounds around within a word, so they exchange places
e.g.
I’m only aksing
consonance?
the repetition of consonant sounds in a range of places in words grouped together
e.g.
He tucks his trick in a caustic acrostic
ck
c
homophone?
a word that sounds identical to another, though spelled differently
e.g.
their taking they’re time
alliteration?
repetition of a sound, usually a consonant, usually at the starts of words
e.g.
Bonkers Brown battles Blairites
onomatopoeia?
use a word whose phonemes imitate or enact its meaning
e.g. WHAAAAAAAM!
sibilance?
like consonance or alliteration, but specifically with /s/, /z/, fricative sounds
e.g.
each summer she sits and shines on the beach
what is rhotic?
/r/ sound in every position it’s spelled
what is non-rhotic?
only /r/ sound before a vowel
what is RP?
received pronunciation (standard British accent)
what is NRP?
Non Regional Pronunciation
what is …?
ellipsis is missing out whole words
contraction?
shortened forms of words, sometimes marked in written forms by an apostrophe
e.g.
it’s not what you’re thinking
consonant cluster?
a sequence of consonant sounds next to each other
e.g.
/kr/, /sk/, /st/, /gh/
what is phonology?
the sound system
what is phonetics?
how the sounds are produced by the users of the system
what is a phoneme?
basic unit of sound
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power of persuasion14
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verbs12
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power of storytelling44
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power of information4
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pronouns58
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adjectives10
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determiners11
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spoken language features28
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mode/ register40
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functions and form9
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speech acts14
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nouns10
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tense16
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lexical relationships21
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lexical formation and change18
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phonetics33
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sentence structure29
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post modification8
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discourse/ humour/ politeness/ cohesion37
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adverb8
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Functional grammar- theme and cohesion15
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Theories of CLA14
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Child language acquisition59
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Phonological processes (child language acquisition)21
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Language diversity theories126
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language diversity47
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