AQA A-Level English Language and Literature
Terminology All Verified A+
adjacency pair - Answer unit of conversation that contains an exchange of one turn each by two
speakers
syntactic error - Answer the inaccurate arrangement on words in a sentence e.g 'the Palais de Tokyo has
great stuff always'
(conversational) repair - Answer marked by a hesitation in speech where the speaker changes topic or
ameliorates the situation
stress - Answer emphasis on a word or phrase by sound
empty subject - Answer the personal pronoun from the start of a sentence is missing (e.g came up to the
house... had breakfast in the hotel...)
jargon - Answer language used in conversation that outsiders possibly cannot understand
voiced hesitation - Answer 'erm...'
filler - Answer 'um, ah, okay, right, er...'
phrase repetition - Answer repetition of a phrase, possibly in hesitation (e.g "we d- we did a lot of stuff")
unfinished sentence - Answer e.g "there's a lot of people you don't (.) there's a lot of people you don't
understand"
topic shift - Answer a change in topic within conversation
overlap - Answer interruption in speech between two people
, elongation - Answer extended length of sound in a vowel, usually marked in the transcript by ': :' (e.g
that is imp: :ossible)
allophones - Answer the difference in pronunciation of a phoneme (e.g the pronunciation of 'a' in
'elegant' is different from 'a' in 'ant')
superlative - Answer exaggerated idea of something that gives extreme value (e.g that was the best
meal ever!)
register - Answer overall formality of a text
parallelism - Answer creation of patterns throughout a text, could be phonological or semantic for
deliberate effect
hypophora - Answer a rhetorical question is followed by an answer
parenthesis - Answer additional information inserted into a text that is grammatically correct without it
syntax - Answer order of words (to create meaning)
pre-modification - Answer when the adjectives describing the noun are placed before the noun (e.g "a
big, fat wad of money")
post-modification - Answer when the adjectives describing the noun are placed after the noun (e.g "the
wad of money, big and fat...")
analogy - Answer explaining something in terms of something else
pathetic fallacy - Answer when the mood reflects the environment
Terminology All Verified A+
adjacency pair - Answer unit of conversation that contains an exchange of one turn each by two
speakers
syntactic error - Answer the inaccurate arrangement on words in a sentence e.g 'the Palais de Tokyo has
great stuff always'
(conversational) repair - Answer marked by a hesitation in speech where the speaker changes topic or
ameliorates the situation
stress - Answer emphasis on a word or phrase by sound
empty subject - Answer the personal pronoun from the start of a sentence is missing (e.g came up to the
house... had breakfast in the hotel...)
jargon - Answer language used in conversation that outsiders possibly cannot understand
voiced hesitation - Answer 'erm...'
filler - Answer 'um, ah, okay, right, er...'
phrase repetition - Answer repetition of a phrase, possibly in hesitation (e.g "we d- we did a lot of stuff")
unfinished sentence - Answer e.g "there's a lot of people you don't (.) there's a lot of people you don't
understand"
topic shift - Answer a change in topic within conversation
overlap - Answer interruption in speech between two people
, elongation - Answer extended length of sound in a vowel, usually marked in the transcript by ': :' (e.g
that is imp: :ossible)
allophones - Answer the difference in pronunciation of a phoneme (e.g the pronunciation of 'a' in
'elegant' is different from 'a' in 'ant')
superlative - Answer exaggerated idea of something that gives extreme value (e.g that was the best
meal ever!)
register - Answer overall formality of a text
parallelism - Answer creation of patterns throughout a text, could be phonological or semantic for
deliberate effect
hypophora - Answer a rhetorical question is followed by an answer
parenthesis - Answer additional information inserted into a text that is grammatically correct without it
syntax - Answer order of words (to create meaning)
pre-modification - Answer when the adjectives describing the noun are placed before the noun (e.g "a
big, fat wad of money")
post-modification - Answer when the adjectives describing the noun are placed after the noun (e.g "the
wad of money, big and fat...")
analogy - Answer explaining something in terms of something else
pathetic fallacy - Answer when the mood reflects the environment
