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Decks in this class (21)

Adjectives
What is an attributive adjective 1,
What is a complement adjective 2,
What is a superlative 3
7  cards
Nouns
What nouns have physical measurab...,
What type words are gang choir an...,
What kind of nouns are specific t...
10  cards
Verbs
What is a copula verb 1,
What is an auxiliary verb 2,
What are modal verbs 3
13  cards
Exam practice
Blank 1,
What is the duration of paper 1 2,
How many marks is paper 1 worth 3
34  cards
Determiners
What are possessive determiners 1,
What do demonstrative determiners...,
Fill in the blank possessive dete...
5  cards
Pronouns
What do pronouns replace in a sen...,
What are examples personal subjec...,
What are personal object pronouns 3
14  cards
Adverbs and Prepositions
What do adverbs describe 1,
Do all adverbs end in ly 2,
What types of information do adve...
10  cards
SVOCA
What does svoca stand for 1,
What do all sentences have to have 2,
Which sentence type does not requ...
11  cards
Clauses/ sentences 😨
What is a clause 1,
What is a simple sentence 2,
Do all simple sentences need a su...
16  cards
Features of Speech
What do discourse markers do 1,
What do fillers do 2,
What do pauses do 3
12  cards
Features of Successful Spoken Discourse
What is referential speech 1,
What is phatic speech 2,
Give an example of phatic speech 3
11  cards
Register
What register do you speak to you...,
What is the name of languages tha...,
What type of register do we use t...
4  cards
Turn Taking
Sacks s invented the rules true o...,
When do you talk about sacks s 2,
What is sacks s rule 1 3
10  cards
Adjacency Pairs
What are adjacency pairs 1,
What happens after the first pair...,
What happens when the interlocuto...
13  cards
Topic
What is topic drift 1,
What is the person controlling th...,
What can subject expertise give 3
9  cards
Face
Define positive face 1,
What is a negative face 2,
What are face threatening acts 3
6  cards
Grice + Maxims
Grice was a linguist true or false 1,
What is the maxim of quality 2,
What is the maxim of quantity 3
9  cards
Robin Lakoff + Maxims
What is lakoff s first maxim 1,
What is lakoff s second maxim 2,
What is lakoff s third maxim 3
4  cards
Lang and social class
What did william labov divide lan...,
Which language carries positive c...,
Give an example of prestige varie...
56  cards
Gender + language
What did lakoff attempt to explai...,
What did lakoff say women s speec...,
What book did robin lakoff write ...
48  cards
Ocupation + lang
What is jargon 1,
What example can we use for compl...,
Give examples of british legal le...
20  cards

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