Daily Practice · A Level

Daily Practice - A Level

A Level - discourse, register, framework analysis and language change.

3rd October 2021

5 questions · A Level · 76 questions in this band

1
Language: Language and Power
Give two spoken features that typically mark a less powerful participant.
2
Language: Textual Variations
Name one contextual factor, other than mode, that can affect a text's linguistic choices.
3
Language: Child Language Development
Calculate the MLU in morphemes for these three utterances: 'I want juice' (3 morphemes), 'the dog barked' (4 morphemes, counting -ed as one), 'mummy gone now' (3 morphemes).
4
Language: Language Change and Diversity
The word 'awful' once meant 'inspiring awe or reverence' but now means 'very bad'. Name this type of semantic change.
5
Literature: Unseen Prose Analysis
The final sentence of an extract is a fragment: 'Rain, again.' Suggest two effects worth arguing for.

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