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Frameworks for the Study of Language

In order to develop your understanding of how language works you will need a toolkit for the analysis of language. We call this toolkit the linguistic frameworks. The study of language can be carried out on different levels and below are listed the features which will enable you to discover how language works. You should be aware that simply identifying features is insufficient. You should consider the items listed below as elements of systems that construct and convey meaning.

The emphasis is on the application of linguistic frameworks to illuminate understanding of how texts work.

Phonological:

alliteration
assonance
rhythm
rhyme
consonants/vowels

Graphological:

design
layout
typeface

Lexical:

word formation
levels of formality
technical and non-technical vocabulary

Semantic:

denotational and connotational meaning
semantic fields
synonymy
antonymy
hyponomy
collocation
processes of semantic change
figurative language
pragmatic meaning
context dependence (deixis)

Grammar:

lexical and grammatical word classes
types of noun
adjectives (incl comparison of adjectives)
adverbs (incl comparison of adverbs)
verbs (person, number, tense, aspect, voice, modal auxiliaries, negation)
pronouns
conjunctions
determiners
morphemes
sentence functions
sentence types
sentence structures
main, sub-ordinate and co-ordinate clauses
clause elements

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