Saturday, 12 December 2015
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
Bristol University guide to grammar.
A)Handy for revision.
B)Punctuation and structure.
- structure of text.
- punctuation
- graphology
- Discourse
- FPA (form purpose and audience)
- punctuation.
- syntax e.g compound, complex, main and subordinate clauses
- utterances
- Syntax functions. Imperative, interrogatives. exclaimative, declarative
C) Homophones
- Lexis/semantics/pragmatics
D) exam responses
E) Other pitfalls and platform (conjunctions
- Lexis
- grammar
F) FPA ( form purpose audience
G) handy for revision
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Monday, 2 November 2015
Femvertising
Femvertising
This article is about the current surge of feminist adverts. The article talk about how the term doing something like "girl" has become an insult. The company always are on a campaign to promote feminism.
This article is about the current surge of feminist adverts. The article talk about how the term doing something like "girl" has become an insult. The company always are on a campaign to promote feminism.
'Talking Black' and 'Talking white'
This article is about the apparent disdain many black people have for the use of proper English and the level academic achievement that black people have.
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Awkward interviews. Charlie Sheen
In this Interview actor Charlie Sheen denies that he has any psychological issues. He discusses his use of drugs and how he has been coping with all the recent events in his life.
Reviews
This article is a review about the album made by Andre 3000 and Big boi called Stankonia. The purpose of it is to inform about the influence of the album has had on the Hip hop/RNB industry.The Article is mainly targeted at music listeners. In particular those who listen to RNB/Hip hop.
This article is in the form of a news report. Its informs and the reader about the latest injury of the left back of Manchester united player Luke Shaw. It also Speculates on which player from the team could possible replace him during his time away. The audience of this article will most likely be Sports enthusiast and Football fans. In particular those who support Manchester United.
Awkward interviews. Russel Westbrook
Russel Westbrook post game interview.
This interview is after a loss that OKC basketball player Russel Westbook answers some question about how the game went. He does not give the preferred response that would be expected.
This interview is after a loss that OKC basketball player Russel Westbook answers some question about how the game went. He does not give the preferred response that would be expected.
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Frameworks and Language.
Lexis- Word of choice. meaning at word and phrase level.
Semantics- Meanings of words.
Grammar- How language is built i.e the structure and rules which underpin how we form sentences.
Phonology- How we organise the sounds of our language to produce the certain effects including rhythm, intonation, stress, pauses etc.
Pragmatics-How we know what language means when it is used in specific context, sometimes described as 'reading' between the lines.
Discourse- How long stretches of text are organised (cohesion- how it holds together e.g discourse markers) The way text create identities for particular individuals, groups or institutions e.g the discourse of law, politics and the media.
Semantics- Meanings of words.
Grammar- How language is built i.e the structure and rules which underpin how we form sentences.
Phonology- How we organise the sounds of our language to produce the certain effects including rhythm, intonation, stress, pauses etc.
Pragmatics-How we know what language means when it is used in specific context, sometimes described as 'reading' between the lines.
Discourse- How long stretches of text are organised (cohesion- how it holds together e.g discourse markers) The way text create identities for particular individuals, groups or institutions e.g the discourse of law, politics and the media.
History of Sexist language
History of Sexist language
In this article it discusses the way we speak English has slowly changed in order to show more equality between males and females. It analysis text and shows indication of how English used to be of a more sexist language.
In this article it discusses the way we speak English has slowly changed in order to show more equality between males and females. It analysis text and shows indication of how English used to be of a more sexist language.
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
Does slang make you sound stupid?
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/oct/03/the-debate-slang-make-stupid
This article is about a dialogue between two people. Dr. Brown and Robert McCrum. They talk about the comments Emma Thompson made about teenagers using slang. ''Just don't do it. Because it makes you sound stupid''.
The two debate about whether slang should be continued to be used in modern society and what the implications may be if slang is accepted.
All raait! It's a new black-white lingo.
This article is about the common use MLE (multicultural English), a dialect spoken in inner London by the youth. The article refers to the reasoning of why the youth choose to speak like this, it talks about the impact that different cultures has in the dialect and the origins of the slang incorporated into it. It also mentions how MLE is spreading to other cities due to influences in music of artists who speak MLE. The Article also contains a list of slang words and their meaning.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/from-the-mouths-of-teens-422688.html
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