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Terminology
Lexis 1,
Grammar 2,
Syntax 3
71
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Theories - Conversational/General
Grice s conversational maxims 1975 1,
What happens when you break grice...,
Why are grice s maxims bad 3
7
cards
Theories - Language and Social Factors
Petyt s study 1,
Labov s nyc study 2,
Trudgill s study 3
10
cards
Theories - Accent Studies
Lance workman accents intelligenc...,
Ao3 of workman s study accents in...,
Giles status personality and pers...
5
cards
Theories - Language and Ethnicity
What is a pidgin 1,
What is a creole 2,
Creoles have 3 levels of social p...
8
cards
Theories - Language and Occupation
What is occupational jargon 1,
What is asymmetrical discourse 2,
Give 2 examples of business jargon 3
12
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Theories - Language and Gender
Who made the theory of male as th...,
What is marking and what does it ...,
What are collocations 3
17
cards
Theories - World English
What is world english 1,
What is a lingua franca 2,
What was the first diasphora 3
18
cards
Language Change - Old English
What is synchronic variation 1,
What is diachronic variation 2,
What is the name of the diagram d...
8
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Language Change - Middle English
What were the 3 main influences o...,
How did the 1066 french invasion ...,
What happened in 1348 that lessen...
7
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Language Change - Early Modern English
What is standardisation 1,
Before standardisation words were...,
Who invented the printing press a...
11
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Language Change - Late Modern English
How much of the english language ...,
What is semantic narrowing 2,
What is semantic broadening 3
20
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Language Change - Technology
What is technology 1,
What does crystal think about tec...,
Where did abbreviations originate...
11
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Language Change - Education
Southerners are 2x more likely ge...,
How does language differ between ...,
What did cheshire find about the ...
6
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Language Change - War
Which war led to the great vowel ...,
How did the battle of hastings 10...,
How did ww2 impact language use 3
11
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Language Change - Religion
Who introduced english into the b...,
Give an example of a phrase used ...,
Blank 3
5
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Language Change - Theories
What is prescriptivism 1,
What are aitchison s 3 metaphors ...,
Who are some key prescriptivist l...
15
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Child Language Acquisition - Speech
What is pragmatics 1,
Give an example of a child s spee...,
Who discusses the functional theo...
56
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Child Language Acquisition - Literacy
What are the differences between ...,
What is vygotsky s social constru...,
What are chall s stages of readin...
24
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