Daily Practice · A Level

Daily Practice - A Level

26th October 1996

5 questions · A Level · 76 questions in this band

1
Language: Language and Power
How can flouting a Gricean maxim be an exercise of power?
2
Language: Textual Variations
Identify which is more likely to use nominalisation and passive voice: a casual spoken chat or a formal council report.
3
Language: Child Language Development
What is meant by the 'holophrastic stage'?
4
Language: Language Change and Diversity
The word 'dog' once referred to one specific breed but now refers to the whole species. Name this type of semantic change.
5
Literature: Unseen Prose Analysis
Explain the difference between commenting on structure and commenting on language in an unseen prose response.

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