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EnglandEnglish Language & Literature

Language and Literature Methods

4 dot points across 4 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do discourse and pragmatics explain meaning beyond the sentence, and how do you apply them to dialogue and whole texts?

Discourse and pragmatics as analytical methods: cohesion and whole-text structure, and meaning in context through implicature, speech acts, deixis, politeness and turn-taking.
How to apply discourse and pragmatics in AQA 7707: cohesion and whole-text structure, and meaning in context through implicature, Grice's maxims, speech acts, deixis, politeness and turn-taking, applied to dialogue and whole texts.
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What is the integrated language and literature method, and how do you combine linguistic evidence with literary interpretation?

The integrated method at the heart of 7707: combining literary interpretation with precise linguistic analysis so that language evidence drives interpretation rather than sitting beside it.
An explanation of the integrated language and literature method that defines AQA 7707: how to combine literary interpretation with precise linguistic analysis so that named features evidence meaning, and how this differs from language-only or literature-only study.
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What are the levels of language analysis, and how do you apply phonology, lexis, grammar, semantics and graphology to literary texts?

The levels of language analysis as the metalinguistic toolkit for 7707: phonology and prosodics, lexis and semantics, grammar and morphology, and graphology, applied to literary and non-literary texts.
An overview of the levels of language analysis for AQA 7707: phonology and prosodics, lexis and semantics, grammar and morphology, and graphology, and how to apply this metalinguistic toolkit to literary and non-literary texts with accurate terminology.
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What does narratology offer for analysing how stories are told, and how do you use its concepts of voice, focalisation and time?

Narratology as a method: the concepts of story and discourse, narration and voice, focalisation, narrative time and reliability, applied to fiction and non-fiction across the course.
How to use narratology in AQA 7707: the distinction between story and discourse, types of narration and voice, focalisation, narrative time and reliability, and how these concepts of point of view apply across fiction and non-fiction.
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