http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/lang/occupation.htm
A vital resource for revision of any English Language specification.
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Form, Purpose, Audience
The Guardian
Form - Newspaper.
Purpose - To tell stories and to inform people about what happening in today's society.
Audience - The general public.
NASA News Magazine
Form - Magazine/News article.
Purpose - To inform people who are interested in astronomy what NASA have recently discovered and general news about the organisation as a whole.
Audience - Astronomers/people interested in astronomy.
Made in Bristol
Form - TV Channel Website.
Purpose - to inform people about what is on the channel and when/what events are coming up around Bristol.
Audience - people who want to find out what is going on in Bristol in general, people who are interested in seeing the work from around the Bristol area.
Steven Pinker - What our language habits reveal
https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_language_and_thought
- language change:
- descriptive attitudes - you can't discriminate against words, all language is vital
- prescriptive attitudes - only one way, standard English is the only thing that should be used
- descriptivism/prescriptivism
- language is a window onto human nature:
- language emerges from human minds interacting with one another
- visible in unstoppable language changes
- slang&jargon, historical change, dialect divergence, language formation
- communication model:
- sender - message - receiver
- euphemistic language to talk about topics that are hard to discuss
- social, historical and cultural context
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Why do we use slang?
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.
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.
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.
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