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Accent and dialect
Accent is how we speak; dialect is the words we use – technically! But many people seem to include… -
Active and passive ‘voice’
This involves an aspect of the grammar (or properly. The syntax) a sentence or clause called agency… -
Adjective
An adjective is a member of a grammatical word class that functions to modify or make more specific… -
Adjacency Pairs
An adjacency pair is two speech turns made by different speakers consecutively, labelled first part… -
Agency
Agency is an aspect of a clause or sentence. Typically, the agent of a clause or sentence is the… -
Agenda
The motives of the speakers in a conversation. -
Agreement
Agreement is an aspect of English grammar. Within a clause structure certain words need to… -
Adverb
An adverb is typically a word or phrase that modifies or provides extra detail to tell more about… -
Adverbial
An adverbial is a grammatical term used to label any part of a clause that functions to give,… -
Ambiguity
This means ‘more than one possible meaning’. The rules of grammar exist to allow a structure of… -
Archaic
If a word is described as archaic, it suggests its use is now old-fashioned. Many words in poems are… -
Article
One of a very small class of words, akin to adjectives, called determiners. The so-called definite… -
Audience
‘Audience’ refers broadly to the kind of reader or listener the text was intended for. As this… -
Auxiliary verb
English verbs are limited as to what they can indicate on their own, i.e. through their own…
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