Halliday and Hasan (1976) identify two types of cohesion. One is lexical (e.g. repetition and collocation); the other includes reference, identification, ellipsis and conjunction and is ...
Identify the four grammatical cohesive features.
Identify two lexical cohesive features.
Words associated with the same topic are also known as what type of lexis?
'Placing side by side for contrast'
This effect occurs when elements are omitted from a sentence.
The use of determiners such as 'the', 'this' and 'that' to indicate that a noun has previously been mentioned is called identification.
~ refers to the tendency for certain words to occur together.
Occurs when the vowel sounds in the middle of two or more words are similar, e.g. 'deep sea'.
~ is when two or more words begin with the same sound, for example: crisp, crunchy cornflakes.
Phonemes combine together to form ...
What is the smallest unit of sound in a language called?
A set of symbols used by linguists to transcribe sounds.
Which term refers to non-verbal aspects of speech such as tone, intonation and stress?
An expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the meanings of the individual words that make up the expression.
A word that has more than one meaning is said to be ...
The deliberate contrasting of opposite words or ideas in a text is known as ...
Prefix and suffix are types of ...
Identify the two words with inflectional affixes (as opposed to derivational affixes).
The study of the structure of words is known as ...
If we consider function, there are four types of sentence:
Which type of sentence contains a subordinate clause?
Identify the five clause elements.
Identify the most common clause structure for English.
The main word in a phrase.
~ usually indicate in some way how one thing is related to something else.
These words precede nouns and refer directly to them.
Identify the different types of pronoun.
Modal auxiliaries are only ever used in conjunction with a what?
Rugby is a noncount noun.
There are eight major word classes: nouns, adjectives, pronouns, prepositions, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions and...
In which of the following are superlatives more likely?
Identify the sentence without an auxiliary.
English has two tenses: the present tense and the ...
Many adverbs are formed by adding which two letters to the end of adjectives?
Transitive verbs ...
Verbs which refer to physical actions are called...
Verbs which refer to states or conditions (e.g. she FELT jubilant) are called ...
Identify the sentence in the passive:
'Because', 'although', 'unless' and 'until' are what type of conjunction?
Identify the S + V + O + O clause.
Owen Out for Six Weeks! is what type of clause?
In the exchange 'How old are you?' - 'Seventeen', what type of construction follows the question?
A relative clause will often contain the relative pronouns ...
Imperative sentences are sometimes termed _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s.
Another word for the base form of a word is ... [4 letters]
A synonym for prosodic is s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
The term used to describe a combination of two vowel sounds, when the speaker starts with one sound and slides towards another, is ...
If vowel sounds clash with each other, producing a discordant effect, this is known as ...
A synonym for layout.