http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11426737
This article explores the theme of slang and why teenagers use it with different kinds of people. It talks about the different uses of slang and what impact they are having on today's modern English.
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Frameworks
Phonetics, Phonology and Prosodies - accents, onomatopoeia: how speech sounds and effects are articulated and analysed.
Graphology - the visual aspects of textual design and appearance (form, audience and purpose) e.g fonts, punctuation, emoji and technology.
Lexis and Semantics - words and meanings.
Grammar, including Morphology - the structural patterns and shapes of English at sentence, clause phrase and word level.
Pragmatics - the contextual aspects of language use, (context/meaning).
Discourse - extended stretches of communications occurring in different genres, modes and contexts.
Graphology - the visual aspects of textual design and appearance (form, audience and purpose) e.g fonts, punctuation, emoji and technology.
Lexis and Semantics - words and meanings.
Grammar, including Morphology - the structural patterns and shapes of English at sentence, clause phrase and word level.
Pragmatics - the contextual aspects of language use, (context/meaning).
Discourse - extended stretches of communications occurring in different genres, modes and contexts.
Tuesday, 8 September 2015
Why Do We Swear?
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/03/30/why-do-we-swear/
This article explains why people swear and why swearing usually makes people feel better. It also goes on to talk about the severity of different swear words and why we use these.
This article explains why people swear and why swearing usually makes people feel better. It also goes on to talk about the severity of different swear words and why we use these.
AQA A Level Specification
Specimen papers and mark schemes.
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/as-and-a-level/english-language-a-2700
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/as-and-a-level/english-language-a-2700
All raait! It's a new black-white lingo
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/from-the-mouths-of-teens-422688.html
This article is about the common use of MLE (Multicultural English), a dialect spoken within inner London by the modern youths of today. This article explains and questions why the youngsters of today choose to speak like this. It talks about the impact of the dialect and the use of slang in modern day. It also talks about how MLE is being spoken in other areas, possibly due to music that includes this type of language, which is becoming increasingly popular. This article also includes slang words and thier meanings.
This article is about the common use of MLE (Multicultural English), a dialect spoken within inner London by the modern youths of today. This article explains and questions why the youngsters of today choose to speak like this. It talks about the impact of the dialect and the use of slang in modern day. It also talks about how MLE is being spoken in other areas, possibly due to music that includes this type of language, which is becoming increasingly popular. This article also includes slang words and thier meanings.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)