http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2015/nov/28/the-conversation-that-changed-my-life
This article talks about how technology is taking over modern day speech and language, within different scenarios.
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Power in Language
- Politeness features - typically female
- Face needs - positive and negative
- FPAC - Form, Purpose, Audience, Context
- Converge and Diverge - male and female - status elevation
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
Bristol University guide to grammar and punctuation - Improve your writing
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/index.htm
A. Handy for revision
B. Punctuation Structure – the structure of sentences, where
we put punctuation marks, layout, graphology, discourse.
Form, Purpose, Audience – Syntax (compound,
complex, simple), clauses, utterance.
Functions of
syntax – imperative (command), interrogative (question), exclamative, declarative.
C. Common Confusions:
Homophones,
Comparatives, Lexis, Semantics, Pragmatics.
D. Exam responses
E. Other pitfalls and problems – Grammar, Lexis
F. Style - Form, Purpose, Audience
G. Handy for revision
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