English language revision

Referential function

The sharing of information statements e.g the sky is blue

Emotive function

Expressing emotions and desires e.g ouch you stepped on my toe!

Conative function

directions, questions, commands (causes audience to react in some way) e.g what are you doing?

Poetic function

Language for the sake of art

Phatic

To create and maintain social connection e.g Hi, see you soon

Metalinguistic

Language used to describe language e.g verbs, nouns

The three primary modes of language

spoken, written and signed

Register

whether a text is formal or informal

Tenor

Relationships between participants in conversation

Audience

Intended listeners/readers of a text

What is situational context?

FSMTT: Field, setting, mode, tenor, and text type

What is the field?

subject being discussed

What is the setting?

Where a text is placed in relation to space and time (when and where it occurs)

What is the text type?

nature of text e.g report, article, social media post

What is the authorial intent?

What an author intends to do or achieve with the text

Cultural context

Attitudes, values and beliefs of author as well as audience

Morphemes (bound and free)

bits of words, free make sense on their own (e.g read) and bound need to be added as a suffix or a prefix to make sense(e.g reread)

Lexicology

words and their classes (verbs, nouns, adverbs)

Function words

Grammatical structure to sentence (to, on, through)

Content words

semantic content and contributes meaning (snow, cow, car)

Phonology- Prosodic features

SPITV Stress, pitch, intonation, tempo and volume

Syntax- sentence types

declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamative

Coordinator (FANBOYS)

Is a conjunction, demonstrates equality between clauses For, and, nor, but, or, yet and so

Subordinator

also a conjunction but isn’t FANBOYS, connects an independent clause to a dependent clause e.g because, since, if, after

Sentence structures- simple

1 independent clause (I ate the pie)

Sentence structures- compound

2 independent clauses connected by a coordinator

Independent clause

subject and a verb, can stand on its own e.g she writes

Dependent clause

Starts with a subordinator, incomplete without and independent clause e.g because she is studying