English Language

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Decks in this class (26)

Nouns,Pronouns,Narrative Voice
What is a concrete noun 1,
What is an abstract noun 2,
What is a proper noun 3
17  cards
Verbs And Adverbs
What is the meaning of a dynamic ...,
What is a copular verb 2,
What are the inflections of to be 3
22  cards
Adjective And Prepositions
What is a phrasal multi word prep...,
What do prepositions tell you abo...,
What do prepositional phrases tel...
13  cards
Moods,listings,cases,syntax
What is the meaning of an imperat...,
What is an interrogative mood 2,
What is a declarative mood 3
10  cards
S.V.O.C.A
What does svoca stand for what to...,
What are adverbials 2,
What is the meaning of an object 3
8  cards
Clauses
What is the meaning of a clause 1,
What is one thing that s the same...,
What s the meaning of a main clau...
10  cards
Sentences
What is a simple sentence 1,
What can simple sentences contain...,
What can t simple sentences conta...
12  cards
Passive And Active Voice
What is active voice 1,
What is passive voice 2,
What is a by phrase 3
9  cards
Sematics
What is the meaning of a semantic...,
What is the meaning of a denotati...,
What is the meaning of connotation 3
7  cards
Pragmatics
What is the meaning of a discours...,
What are honorifics 2,
What is a tag question 3
9  cards
Figurative Speech
What is a simile 1,
What is the meaning of a metaphor 2,
What is the meaning of metonymy 3
8  cards
Register
What is the meaning of frozen reg...,
What is the meaning of formal reg...,
What is the meaning of informal r...
5  cards
Vocab
What does gap stand for 1,
What does pee stand for 2,
What is a parenthetical clause 3
11  cards
Speech
What is it called when you change...,
What is the name for this 2,
Utterances such as um and er and ...
44  cards
Language And Social Class
Henri tajfel s social identity th...,
What is henri tajfel s social ide...,
What are indicators of social cla...
52  cards
Language And Gender
What is the difference from sex a...,
What did keith and shuttleworth do 2,
What is otto jespersen s research...
116  cards
Names Of Theorists- Language And Gender
Keith and shuttleworth 1,
Otto jespersen 2,
Robin lakoff 3
31  cards
Names Of Theorists- Language And Social Class
Henri tajfel 1,
William labov 2,
Louis althusser 2
7  cards
Names Of Theorists- Language And Accents
William labov 1,
Kevin watson 2,
Milroy and milroy 3
7  cards
Language And Region-Accent
What s the difference between acc...,
What did kevin watson say 2,
Kevin watson what is the symbol f...
80  cards
Language And Occupation
What is the meaning of occupation 1,
Who argues that occupation is ano...,
What is the meaning of jargon res...
12  cards
Language And Region-Dialect
Give an example of words that are...,
Regional dialect lexis how many p...,
Regional dialect lexis how many p...
44  cards
Language And Ethnicity
Which variety is the highest pres...,
There are varieties we associate ...,
Some people think that using whit...
33  cards
Names Of Theorists-language And Occupation
Judith butler 1,
Irvine goffman 2,
Howard giles 3
16  cards
Names Of Theorists, Theories and Ideas- Language And Ethnicity
Judith butler 1,
Pidgin 2,
Creole 3
11  cards
Names Of Theorists- Language and Dialect
Paul kerswill 1,
Milroy and milroy 2,
Jennifer cheshire 3
5  cards

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