Elision - The omission of a sound or syllable when speaking .
Euphemism - A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
Exclamative Sentence - A type of sentence that expresses strong feelings by making an exclamation. (Compare with sentences that make a statement, express a command, or ask a question.)
Figurative Language - Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.
Filler - A filler word is an apparently meaningless word, phrase, or sound that marks a pause or hesitation in speech.
Fricative - Denoting a type of consonant made by the friction of breath in a narrow opening, producing a turbulent air flow.
Glottal Stop - A consonant formed by the audible release of the airstream after complete closure of the glottis.
Hyperbole - Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Idiom - An idiom is a word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning.
Imperative sentence - An imperative sentence gives a direct command. It can end in a full stop or an exclamation mark, depending on the forcefulness of the command.
Thursday, 11 September 2014
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
Monday, 7 July 2014
Definitions #2
Comparative adjective: Compare two things, people, or places unlike positive adjectives which stand alone and do not make comparisons between nouns.
Complement: the part of a sentence that comes after the verb and is needed to make the sentence complete.
Compound word: Compound words are formed when two or more words are put together to form a new word with a new meaning. They can function as different parts of speech, which can dictate what form the compound takes on.
Conjunctions (coordinating/subordinating): A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause.
Contraction: A shortened form of a word or group of words, with the missing letters usually marked by an apostrophe.
Conversion: A linguistic process that assigns an already existing word to a new word class (part of speech) or syntactic category.
Declarative sentence: A sentence in the form of a statement (in contrast to a command, a question, or an exclamation).
Demonstratives: Indicates whether something is near or far from the speaker or writer and also shows singular or plural.
Determiner: A word or a group of words that introduces a noun. Determiners include articles, demonstratives, quantifiers, and possessive determiners. Determiners are functional elements of structure.
Double negative: A non-standard form using two negatives for emphasis where only one is necessary.
Complement: the part of a sentence that comes after the verb and is needed to make the sentence complete.
Compound word: Compound words are formed when two or more words are put together to form a new word with a new meaning. They can function as different parts of speech, which can dictate what form the compound takes on.
Conjunctions (coordinating/subordinating): A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause.
Contraction: A shortened form of a word or group of words, with the missing letters usually marked by an apostrophe.
Conversion: A linguistic process that assigns an already existing word to a new word class (part of speech) or syntactic category.
Declarative sentence: A sentence in the form of a statement (in contrast to a command, a question, or an exclamation).
Demonstratives: Indicates whether something is near or far from the speaker or writer and also shows singular or plural.
Determiner: A word or a group of words that introduces a noun. Determiners include articles, demonstratives, quantifiers, and possessive determiners. Determiners are functional elements of structure.
Double negative: A non-standard form using two negatives for emphasis where only one is necessary.
Production Diary #2
In my last lesson, I started off my methodology. This consists of 6 main aspects; the design, participants/data, ethics, methods and procedure. I have covered most of the design, participants/data and ethics part of my methodology.
The design refers to the overall approach that I am taking. I will be using cross-section research for my investigation as the data occurs at the same time but with some variables. In terms of epistemology, my research will be positivist. This refers to knowledge that can be proven which will make my investigation trustworthy.
As my investigation is based on textual print material, I will not need any participants. This means that I have had to make sure that my results are not biased and that it is representative of a wider material. This will make my results more reliable. This also makes the ethics part of the investigation easier - as my data will be in the public domain, as they're articles, there are less concerns so I just have to make sure that the data I use is not biased or leading.
In the next lesson, I plan on covering the methods and procedure sections of my methodology. As I am using texts, I think it will be interesting to use focus groups, framework analysis' and possibly surveys to investigate further. The procedure section covers the logistics of how I gathered my data. This includes time frames and methods of recording, such as highlighting, and sorting and storing the data.
Beginning to create the methodology has helped me to consider the best way to approach my investigation. Although I might change some things in the future, I think starting this so early has benefitted me as I have quite a lot of time to complete it carefully and it's not too late to improve it so that I can select the most appropriate method when needs be.
The design refers to the overall approach that I am taking. I will be using cross-section research for my investigation as the data occurs at the same time but with some variables. In terms of epistemology, my research will be positivist. This refers to knowledge that can be proven which will make my investigation trustworthy.
As my investigation is based on textual print material, I will not need any participants. This means that I have had to make sure that my results are not biased and that it is representative of a wider material. This will make my results more reliable. This also makes the ethics part of the investigation easier - as my data will be in the public domain, as they're articles, there are less concerns so I just have to make sure that the data I use is not biased or leading.
In the next lesson, I plan on covering the methods and procedure sections of my methodology. As I am using texts, I think it will be interesting to use focus groups, framework analysis' and possibly surveys to investigate further. The procedure section covers the logistics of how I gathered my data. This includes time frames and methods of recording, such as highlighting, and sorting and storing the data.
Beginning to create the methodology has helped me to consider the best way to approach my investigation. Although I might change some things in the future, I think starting this so early has benefitted me as I have quite a lot of time to complete it carefully and it's not too late to improve it so that I can select the most appropriate method when needs be.
Thursday, 3 July 2014
Production Diary #1
During the past few weeks of starting the English Language A2 course, I have had to think of ideas of what to base my coursework on. I decided to explore and compare interviews of one celebrity in a gossip magazine and a fashion magazine. I have started my proposal and an introduction into it however I plan to do some more research into it. I am very interested in journalism and creative writing therefore I felt that this project would benefit me greatly. I plan on using a high end fashion magazine such as Vogue UK as it is very sophisticated and well-respected, compared to popular gossip magazine OK! It is common sense that the language differs in these magazines quite a lot however I am interested in seeing how the same A-List celebrity is represented - which is most likely going to be in a completely different manner. A celebrity that I have already looked into using is Cheryl Cole. She is a very well-known celebrity in the UK - a model, singer and judge on the X-Factor. From just looking at the cover, we can already see distinctive differences in the two magazines - OK! is simply about her personal life - how she was 'depressed' and 'couldn't stop crying'; using very emotive language to make the audience want to read more about her relationship problems. In contast, Vogue see's Cheryl in a very positive light - somewhat as a female hero and inspiration. In this cover we can see that she has had a 'fresh start', juxtaposing with the OK! Cover where she was the opposite. Vogue tends to use language that has iconic symbols of fashion - 'fresh' and 'pure' connotating Spring, which we can tell is the correct season from the flowers that Cheryl is holding against the pink background. I am really looking forward to looking into these magazines and finding more linguistic differences.
Next lesson I plan on looking at the methodolgy - this is the next step within the project.
Next lesson I plan on looking at the methodolgy - this is the next step within the project.
Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Definitions
Abstract noun: An abstract noun refers to states, events, concepts, feelings, qualities, etc., that have no physical existence.
Acronym: an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g. ASCII, NASA).
Adjacency pair: In pragmatics, a branch of linguistics, an adjacency pair is an example of conversational turn-taking. An adjacency pair is composed of two utterances by two speakers, one after the other.
Affixation: In linguistics, the process of adding a morpheme(or affix) to a word to create either a different form of that word, or a new word with a different meaning.
Amelioration: The upgrading or elevation of a word's meaning, as when a word with a negative sense develops a positive one.
Assimilation: A common phonological process by which one sound becomes more like a nearby sound. This can occur either within a word or between words.
Blending: A word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two or more other words or word parts (portmanteau word).
Borrowing: A word from one language that has been adapted for use in another.
Cliche: A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.
Clipping: In morphology, a word formed by dropping one or more syllables from a polysyllabic word.
Colloquialism: A word or phrase that is not formal or literary and is used in ordinary or familiar conversation.
Acronym: an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g. ASCII, NASA).
Adjacency pair: In pragmatics, a branch of linguistics, an adjacency pair is an example of conversational turn-taking. An adjacency pair is composed of two utterances by two speakers, one after the other.
Affixation: In linguistics, the process of adding a morpheme(or affix) to a word to create either a different form of that word, or a new word with a different meaning.
Amelioration: The upgrading or elevation of a word's meaning, as when a word with a negative sense develops a positive one.
Assimilation: A common phonological process by which one sound becomes more like a nearby sound. This can occur either within a word or between words.
Blending: A word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two or more other words or word parts (portmanteau word).
Borrowing: A word from one language that has been adapted for use in another.
Cliche: A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.
Clipping: In morphology, a word formed by dropping one or more syllables from a polysyllabic word.
Colloquialism: A word or phrase that is not formal or literary and is used in ordinary or familiar conversation.
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