Vocabulary deduction
What Vocabulary deduction means in Italian GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Working out the meaning of unfamiliar words by recognising those that have exactly or almost exactly the same form and essentially the same meaning in Italian and English.
Knowledge of common Italian-English suffix patterns is applied to deduce meaning, and near-cognates are used to deduce the meaning of complex texts.
Recognising a consistent spelling shift lets you decode unfamiliar Italian nouns ending in '-ia' during reading and listening exams.
In reading and listening tasks, the endings of adjectives help deduce whether the speaker is referring to a male or female.
Replacing an '-ico' ending with '-ic' often reveals the English meaning when you spot it in a reading or listening text.
Recognising the shift between English and Italian spelling allows you to decode unfamiliar Italian words quickly.
Topics that use Vocabulary deduction
- Using cognates and near-cognates - Cognates (AQA GCSE)
- Using cognates and near-cognates - Near-cognates (AQA GCSE)
- Using common patterns between Italian and English - Nouns (AQA GCSE)
- Vocabulary (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Contextual analysis
- Spelling patterns
- Adjectival agreement
- Adjective agreement
- Cognates
- Cognates and false friends
- Cognates and language patterns
- Cognates and near-cognates
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