English Language A-Level
Language discourses
What Language discourses means in English Language A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Language discourses
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Public discussion about language diversity and change, which reading texts that express attitudes prepares students to discuss in their own writing.
Topics that use Language discourses
- Language discourses (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Attitudes to language diversity and change
- Construction of authorial identity and stance
- 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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