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Phonology: English Language: Language and Power

This flashcard set explores the purpose and techniques of political language, highlighting six key rhetorical devices used to persuade audiences. It also introduces features of legal language, including the use of jargon and complex, repetitive syntax, showing how language varies across professional contexts.

Phonology: English Language: Theorists

This deck covers key concepts in English language phonology, focusing on theories by Levinson, Cameron, Giles, and Lakoff. It addresses topics such as face theory, political correctness, power dynamics, and politeness principles.

Phonology: English Language: Pragmatics

This deck covers key concepts in phonology and pragmatics, focusing on prosodic features and politeness strategies in the English language.

Phonology: English Language: Phonology

This deck covers key concepts in English phonology, including assonance, dissonance, elision, assimilation, and more. It helps learners understand important phonemic patterns and their effects on language.

Phonology: English Language: Cohesion

This deck covers key concepts of grammatical and lexical cohesion in the English language, including conjunctions, ellipsis, identification, and references.

Phonology: English Language: Semantics

This deck covers key concepts in English semantics, including definitions and examples of denotation, connotation, figurative language, and more.