GRAMMAR

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Frameworks grid

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Type of feature Word classes e.g. abstract vs

concrete nouns, proper vs common; stative vs dynamic verbs, main vs auxiliary vs modal, active vs passive; descriptive vs evaluative vs emotive adjectives, comparative vs superlative; adverbs of time, manner, place

Point

Example

Effect

Sentence functions e.g. declarative, imperative, exclamative, interrogative Sentence complexity e.g. simple vs multiple (compound vs complex) Sentence structure e.g. complete vs incomplete; phrase vs clause vs sentence Standard vs non-standard grammatical forms e.g. We was

LEXIS
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Type of feature Regional lexis e.g. American,

Scottish, Bristolian

Point

Example

Effect

Lexis with a particular attitude

e.g. formal, informal, humorous, polite, impolite, taboo, slang, euphemisms, elevated

Lexis of a particular age e.g. archaic, old-fashioned, neologisms

Lexis of a particular structure

e.g. monosyllabic vs polysyllabic, acronym, abbreviation, blend

Lexis of a particular origin e.g.

Latinate, Anglo-Saxon, loan words

SEMANTICS
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Type of feature Particular semantic fields e.g.

finance, shapes, food, physics, death, military, religion, computers

Point

Example

Effect

Types of meaning e.g. denotation

vs connotation; referential, affective, emotive; literal vs figurative

Semantic relations e.g. synonyms

and antonyms

Semantic changes e.g. amelioration, pejoration, broadening, narrowing, weakening

Phonology
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Type of feature Point Features of normal speech e.g.

fillers, pauses, volume, stress

Example

Effect

Rhetorical devices e.g. alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, rhyme, repetition

Features of connected speech

e.g. assimilation, elision, intrusion, rhythm

Spoken texture e.g. different qualities of vowel and consonant sounds; accent features; interjections

PRAGMATICS
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Repairs, backchannelling, length of utterance, speech acts, topic shifts and loops

Type of feature Spoken interaction e.g.

Point

Example

Effect

Features of politeness and cooperation e.g. hedges, Grices

maxims, positive and negative face, face threatening act

Implied relationships e.g. pronoun

use, forms of address, roles

GRAPHOLOGY
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Type of feature Nature of script e.g. handwritten or

printed, upper or lower case, Roman or other alphabet

Point

Example

Effect

Fonts e.g. type Arial, Times New Roman, Broadway; style italic, bold, standard, underline; size; colour. Use of punctuation e.g. capitalisation, bullet points, exclamation marks Text organisation e.g. headings and subheadings; columns vs paragraphs; lists, boxes and tables; lines and borders; line spacing and white space. Text illustration e.g. Diagrams and drawings, colour, logos, photographs, charts and graphs

DISCOURSE
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Type of feature Point Genre and the use of its conventions e.g. sign, advertisement,
letter, personal ad, recipe, weather forecast

Example

Effect

Communicative situation e.g. peer group meeting, interview, public announcement Management of speech e.g. turn-taking, openings, closing sequences, adjacency pairs, interruptions, overlaps Structure e.g. discourse markers, frames, narrative structure Register e.g. the variety of language as affected by settings, participants and activity