Attitudes to language diversity and change
What Attitudes to language diversity and change means in English Language A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Attitudes to language diversity and change
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The views expressed in texts about language diversity and change, which students study across a range of texts rather than describing linguistic facts.
Topics that use Attitudes to language diversity and change
- Language discourses (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Construction of authorial identity and stance
- Language discourses
- Language discourses and ideological debate
- Non-specialist audiences
- Reader positioning and persuasion
- Representation of language and language users
- Analysis of stance and positioning
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