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