Guokao non-universal languages: eight-option reference sampler flashcards
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- Language option
- The particular foreign language attached to a vacancy or course, whose skills must be practised directly rather than inferred from another language.
- Case government
- The grammatical case required by a verb, preposition or other construction in the actual language, learned together with contextual meaning.
- Honorific register
- Language forms expressing relevant social relationships, with language-specific distinctions between respectful, humble and formal grammatical choices.
- Mood
- A grammatical category such as indicative or subjunctive, whose use depends on the construction, meaning and conventions of the particular language.
- Collocation
- A conventional combination of words that must fit the grammar, meaning and register of the complete expression rather than dictionary substitution alone.
- Concession
- A relation acknowledging a circumstance while presenting a contrasting result or claim, expressed through the selected language’s actual constructions.
- Additive connector
- An expression linking a complementary point with preceding discourse, whose precise form and placement depend on the actual language.
- Antecedent
- The expression to which a pronoun or other referring form relates, identified through grammatical and contextual evidence rather than proximity alone.
- Cohesion
- The explicit linguistic links among parts of a text, distinct from the soundness of its broader argument or factual content.
- Cloze
- A task requiring selection of a missing expression that satisfies both the grammar of the sentence and the meaning of the surrounding discourse.
- Explicit information
- Content directly stated in the supplied passage, distinguished from a reasonable inference or an unsupported assumption about outside events.
- Scope
- The limits of a claim, including its actors, quantity, conditions, time and certainty, which an interpretation should preserve.
- Attributed statement
- A proposition presented as someone’s words or position, which is not automatically the narrator’s endorsement or independently verified fact.
- Text-mode script
- A written representation of a conversation used for comprehension practice, without assessing the timing or auditory demands of a recording.
- Main proposition
- The central claim or information developed in a passage, interpreted through supporting details and relationships rather than one familiar topic word.
- Credentials
- Documents associated with accrediting a diplomatic representative, distinguished from other instruments and read within the applicable diplomatic framework.
- Ratification
- A legally relevant act expressing consent to a treaty through the prescribed process, not a universal synonym for signature or entry into force.
- Joint statement
- A text issued by more than one participant that communicates an agreed position, whose legal effects cannot be inferred from its title alone.
- Country-study context
- Supported institutional, historical or cultural information used to interpret language accurately without stereotyping every individual or community.
- Source verification
- Checking the actual issuing source, context and date of a factual or terminological claim, especially when membership or current arrangements may change.