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acronym
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a set of letters representing the first letters of two or more words, usually of a name or title. The letters are pronounced as a word e.g NATO. see also initialism.
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adjectives gradable/ungradable
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an adjective describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun and may or may not be measurable in degrees e.g. exciting is gradable and perfect is not.
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adverbial
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a word, phrase or clause acting as an adverb e.g She cut the paper right across the middle where right across the middle is an adverbial.
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affricate
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a sound produced by stopping the air flow then releasing it with friction e.g. /dz/ job /tf/ chips
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alveolar (ridge)
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the ridge at the top of the mouth between the teeth and the hard palate. Several sounds e.g. /t/ /d/ are made in this area
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anaphoric reference
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reference to something that occurs earlier in the text; often achieved by use of pronouns or lexical chains e.g Singapore is on the sea. It shares a border with Malaysia
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lexical chain
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a series of words related through a topic and that in discourse serves to provide cohesion e.g. shop - shop assistant - counter - sale
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assimilation
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when a sound in connected speech becomes similar to a neighbouring sound e.g. He grew up in Britain where /n/ in in is likely to be assimilated to /m/ resulting in imbritain
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back-channeling
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when a listener signals understanding, surprise, agreement etc to a speaker whilst they are speaking
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bilabial
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a sound produced with both lips e.g./m/ /b/
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