EDEE100 Exam Knowledge About Language Flashcards

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering linguistic, grammar, register, text-type, and multicultural concepts from the EDEE100 exam review materials.

Text

A unit of meaning made out of clauses woven together, or organised, so they achieve a social purpose.

Topic Sentence (Point)

The component of a paragraph that summarises the main point and acts as a general statement referring back to the introduction or main topic.

Zig-zag Pattern

An information flow pattern in paragraphs where information at the end of each clause is taken up as the theme in the next clause.

Subpoint Pattern (Fan Pattern)

An information flow pattern in paragraphs where new information presented early in the text is taken up as separate points as the text unfolds.

Parallel Pattern

An information flow pattern in paragraphs where information presented early in the text is repeated in different variations.

Clause

A unit of grammar and a means for organising words, containing at least one verb or verb group.

Compound Sentence

A sentence made up of two or more clauses of equal status, linked together logically with a conjunction.

Complex Sentence

A sentence made up of two or more clauses linked logically, with at least one clause dependent on a main clause.

Verb Group

A group of words structured as Auxiliary (helping verb) + Lexical (main) verb + Particle, used to express tense.

Noun Group

A group of words structured as Article + Adjective + Head noun + Adjectival phrase.

Adjectival Phrase

A phrase used in noun groups to add information after the noun, describing the noun while locked inside the noun group.

Adverbial Phrase

A phrase that adds information to the verb or verb group, telling about circumstances such as where, when, how, or why.

Open Word Classes

Classes of content words carrying meaning that have an indefinite number of words, including nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs.

Closed Word Classes

Classes of function words that tie content words together and have a limited number of words, including articles, pronouns, conjunctions, and prepositions.

Prepositions

Placed before noun groups to make phrases (e.g., in, on, under, with, between).

Morpheme

The smallest unit of grammar, consisting of word bases and affixes (prefixes and suffixes).

Bound Morpheme

A morpheme that cannot be used on its own unless attached to another word part.

Protoconversation Stage

Stage 1 of language development (0-9 months) featuring complex interaction patterns like facial expressions, gestures, eye contact, and microfunctions.

Protolanguage Stage

Stage 2 of language development (9-14 months) characterized by a small personal meaning system unique to the child where meaning and function are fused.

Transitional Language Stage

Stage 3 of language development (14-24 months) featuring emergent grammar, a transition to common names, and the creation of abstract meanings.

FIELD

A register variable referring to the ideas expressed about the world in a text and how those ideas are connected logically.

TENOR

A register variable referring to the relationships between people interacting in a text context.

MODE

A register variable referring to how a text is organised so that it makes sense in its context.

Standard Australian English (SAE)

The English of more formal communication in Australia that adheres to broadly accepted rules of syntax and pronunciation.

Evaluate, comment, persuade (Everyday Social Purpose)

An everyday social purpose whose corresponding text types include personal responses, comments, and everyday persuasive texts.

Organising Texts (Everyday vs. Academic Language)

In terms of organizing texts, everyday language features simple grammar, fewer content words, and varied sentence openers, while academic language uses densely-packed content words and strategic sentence openers.

Taxonomy

A system that organises information into a whole framework of categories.

Clinical Handover

The transfer of professional responsibility and accountability for patient care to another person, family, legal guardian, or professional group on a temporary or permanent basis.

Creating well-organised texts (Specialised Meanings)

Specialised meanings associated with generating generalised, abstract, written and multimodal texts organised in predictable, conventional ways.

Multimodal Texts

Texts which combine two or more modes of communication (linguistic, audio, visual, gestural, spatial) to make meaning.

Vectors

Lines of action in dynamic narrative visual texts that represent events.

Demand (Visual Contact)

A visual feature where a participant in an image engages the viewer directly by making definite eye contact.

Offer (Visual Contact)

A visual feature where a participant in an image does not engage the reader directly, looking at another image, phenomenon, or thing.

Salience

The dominance of a character, animal, or object in a visual text created through size, focus, color intensity, or placement in the foreground/centre.

TENOR and MODE in Visual & Multimodal Register

TENOR focuses on visual and language resources for interacting with others, while MODE focuses on resources for organising, composing, designing, and laying out cohesive texts.

Narrative Text Type

A text type whose social purpose is to deal with & evaluate unusual/problematic events & their outcome, following the stages Orientation, Complication, Resolution, and Coda.

Nominalisation

The process of turning action verbs or other word classes into abstract nouns, distancing wording from actual experience.

Mode Continuum

A continuum along which spoken and written language vary based on the channel of communication and distance in time and space.

Monolingual Mindset

A world view that sees everything in terms of a single language, treating monolingualism as the normal state of affairs.

Prejudice

Making judgements about people, either positive or negative, based on the group to which they belong.

Discrimination

Unfair, unjust, or unequal treatment of people because of the group to which they belong.