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• What does GGAAMP stand for?

  Genre

  Graphology

  Author

  Audience

  Mode

  Purpose
• Answer Steps

  Paper 1, Section A

  1. Work out when and why it was made
  2. Who made it? Why is this relevant? Contexts
  3. Make points for at least 3 language levels
  4. GAAMP sentence
  5. 4 Representations
  6. Use synonyms
  7. Two quotes per representation
  8. Plan and Layout answer- order
• Language Levels

  Graphology, Grammar, Phonology, Orthography, Semantics, Pragmatics, Syntax
• What is phonology? 


  Phonology is the study of sounds and the patterns found within languages
• What is orthography?

  Orthography is the spelling system of a language

  Relevant in obscure spelling- to reflect speech or informality
• What is syntax?


  Word order, sentences, paragraphs

  Patterns and repetitions of phrases
• What are semantics?


  The literal meaning or denotation of messages
• What are pragmatics?


  What something could mean, the underlying meanings or connotations
• What is graphology?


  Graphology is how the choices in layout may reflect meanings or messages
• What is grammar?


  Grammar is the set of rules that tell us the structure of language. Punctuation etc