Daily Practice · A Level

Daily Practice - A Level

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

3rd May 2024

5 questions · A Level · 76 questions in this band

1
Language: Child Language Acquisition
Name the stage in which function words are systematically omitted, and give an approximate age range.
2
Language: Language and Power
Explain the difference between a positive and a negative face-threatening act.
3
Language: Textual Variations
Identify which is more likely to use nominalisation and passive voice: a casual spoken chat or a formal council report.
4
Language: Child Language Development
What is meant by the 'holophrastic stage'?
5
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.

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