1Accent
the characteristic pronunciation associated with a geographicaI area or sociat group
2Accommodation
in the context of language, how people adjust their style of speech to be more like others around them
3Acronym
a word formed from the initial letters of two or more successive words
4Adjacency pair
dialogue that follows a set pattern (e.g. when speakers greet each other) of an utterance from one speaker and a response from the other
5Adversative conjunction
a connecting word which starts an idea opposing the one which has just been stated
6Alliteration
the use, mainly in poetry, of the same sound,
especiatty a consonant, at the beginning of severaI words
that are close together
7amelioration
when a word takes on a more positive
connotation over time
8American English
the variety of English spoken by people
in The United States of America
9analogy
a developed comparison between two separate
ideas
10anecdote
a brief, concise account of a funny or interesting
moment in someone's life
11Anglocentric
centred on a view of Britain
12antagonist
a character who opposes or presents an
obstacle to the protagonist
13antithesis
relates to opposites. This coutd relate to a
contrast between two things or ideas; the term is atso used
in writing to describe a counter-argument to a proposition
or thesis
14archaism
in English language, words which are no [onger
in everyday use or have lost a particular meaning in current
usage
15aside
a term derived from drama when a character speaks
secretly to the audience or to themsetves during the main
action
16assert
state something as a fact
17assonance
the repetition of a pattern of similar sounds
within a sentence
18audience
the reader(s) ol or listener(s) to, a text. This can
apply both to an individua[ ('Uncte Joe'), or to a group
(middle-aged women who like sporty cars).