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Terminology - word classes

Words Classes Nouns: Proper nouns Names, places, or companies (e.g. Ellie, Canada, YouTube)  Require a capital letter Common nouns Concrete - objects that are tangible (e.g. table) Abstract - something you can't touch (e.g. allegation, sadness, hatred) Collective - a grouped noun (e.g. herd, humanity) Adjectives They describe + modify nouns, and give more info about it to set the tone of a sentence Can be pre or post-modifying (come before or after the noun, e.g. 'purple book' or 'the book is purple')  Can be used to make comparisons - comparatives (e.g. 'bigger) and superlatives (e.g. biggest) Irregular adjectives : good - better - best, bad - worse - worst, little - less - least, much - more - most Verbs Both physical + mental actions that can tell you what the subject of a sentence is doing or being Main verb - gives the meaning - can be active (expresses a physical action, e.g. 'run') or stative (expresses a non- physical ...
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Language and Occupation Theorists

Language and Occupation • Howard Giles + Accommodation theory • Koester + phatic talk • David Crystal + Initialisms + Acronyms • Swales + discourse communities • Dr Judith Baxter – double voiced discourse • Johnathon meads on jargon • Drew and Heritage 1992 Drew and Heritage They suggested that members of a discourse community share inferential frameworks with each other, consisting of implicit ways of thinking, communicating and behaving. They also suggested that there are strong hierarchies of power within organisations, with asymmetrical relationships marked by language use. This can lead to power asymmetry in which different communities emerge within the workplace that use different forms of language to distance themselves from one another and establish a hierarchy of power. Swales + discourse communities What makes up a discourse community? - Swales' defining characteristics 1) Has a broadly agreed set of common public goals 2) Has mechanisms of interco...
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Language + Occupation revision resource

https://coggle.it/diagram/WjFbDplx9wABV2fD/t/occupation
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Language Change theories

Language Change theories + stuff worth mentioning: Reflectionism - Sapir-Whorf - Language reflects the way you think Determinism - Sapir-Whof - Language determines the way you think Lingua Franca + globalisation - French language centre OFCOM + instrumental power - Prescriptivism Crumbling castle - Language should be preserved and protected like a castle, even if it is crumbling Damp spoon - language change is as revolting as leaving a dmap spoon in a sugar bowl Beautiful building - language is a beautiful old building that must be upheld by rigid systems Slang - young girls are movers + shakers - Vera Regan Descriptivism  Impact of technology, science, Shakespeare, empire, Amercanisation
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Evaluate the view that language change can be controlled and diversified (30)

Evaluate the view that language change can be controlled and diversified (30) Language change can be controlled and diversified by prescriptivist institutions of power, but only to a small extent. It can be applied to areas of spoken discourse like taboo lexis, lexis used in high-profile situations (e.g. politics or BBC News) etc. but cannot be controlled in all situations. This is due to the increasing use of English as a lingua franca (globalisation), the use of reclamation in today’s politically correct society and many other factors that mean language is too significant and used in too many situations to completely control. The reflectionism theory (strongly linked to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis) is the idea that language simply reflects the needs and ideas of the people who use it, meaning the way we think controls our language. This suggests that language can be controlled, but only if you change the attitude of those who use it. In today’s politically correct society, a l...
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Meanings and Representations - Women's football

Question: https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/english/AQA-77011-77021-A-TEXT.PDF Answer: Section A – Question 1 Text A is an online fan blog written for ‘shekicks.net’, a website presumably aimed at young, female footballers. This particular blog is about a women’s football game between England and Germany in 2014, and so the purpose of the text is to inform and entertain. The headline of the blogpost is in big, blue font which is most likely a repertoire of the website, this highlights how the post is a ‘Fan’s Blog’. Using the noun ‘Fan’ with a capital letter suggests that the fact the writer is a fan is more important than who the writer actually is. This suggests that the writer themselves is not significant, implying that their first-person account of the game is unbiased and therefore trustworthy for the reader. The writer’s name is then revealed in the subline in capital letters that are bolder than the rest of the text, this means that it stands out but not so muc...
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Mock Paper 1 Feedback

Mock Paper 1 Feedback: • Terminology and quotes in every paragraph • Syntax  • Guaranteed paragraph about semantic field in both Qu1 and Qu2 • Consistently refer to audience/reader (even better if it relates to the specific target audience) • What is the topic? How is it represented? How does the writer represent themselves? How are the audience represented? TENSE
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