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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 ...

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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