PURCOM L4 : LANGUAGE VARIETIES AND REGISTERS

review

Varieties of spoken and written Language Mahboob (2014)

Language varies in speaking and in writing

Varieties of spoken and written Language Mahboob (2014)

Language varies when communicating
with people within and outside our
community

Varieties of spoken and written Language Mahboob (2014)

Language varies in everyday and
specialized discourses

The 3D Framework of Language Variation

The 8 Domain of Language Variation Based on the 3D Framework

VARIATION IN LANGUAGE : LOCAL

VARIATION IN LANGUAGE:GLOBAL

Local, oral, everyday

Locally oriented language that is oral and relates to everyday or casual goals

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EX: Family members planning their vacation

Local, written, everyday

Locally oriented language that is written and relates to everyday or casual goals

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EX: Old school friends exchanging emails with each other

Local, oral, specialized

Locally oriented language that is oral but serves specialized purposes

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EX: Members of an Aboriginal community talking about the local weather system.

Local, written, specialized

Locally oriented language that is written but serves specialized purposes

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EX: Newsletter produced by and for a rural community of farmers in Australia

Global, oral, everyday

Globally oriented language that is oral and relates to everyday or casual goals

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EX: Casual conversations amongst people from different parts of the world

Global, written, everyday

Globally oriented language that is written and relates to everyday or casual goals

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EX: International news agencies reporting on events.

Global, oral, specialized

Globally oriented language that is oral but serves specialized purposes

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EX: International conference presentations

Global, written, specialized

Globally oriented language that is written but serves specialized purposes

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EX: International academic papers

Everyday written

example: posters found in the local neighborhood

Everyday oral

communication among neighbors everyday, informal and varieties of languages

Specialized written

can be found in the publications and websites of local societies

Specialized oral

involves specialized discourses.

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Ex. In a computer shop in the neighborhood, use of computer-game-related words

Everyday written

avoids local colloquialisms to make text accessible to a wider communities of readers

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ex: international editions of magazines and newspapers.

Everyday oral

occur in interactions between people coming from different parts of the world when they talk about every casual topics

Specialized written

not using local colloquial expressions

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ex: international research journal

Specialized oral

occurs when people from different parts of the world discuss specialized topics in spoken form

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Example: paper presentation sessions in an international academic conference.

LANGUAGE REGISTER

Is the level of formality with which you speak

LANGUAGE REGISTER

A variety of language used for a particular purpose or in a particular communicative situation

STATIC REGISTER

Also called frozen register. A style of communication that remains constant, and rarely or never changes at all in its content and form

FORMAL REGISTER

Used in a very formal setting

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Language used is also formal.

CONSULTATIVE REGISTER

The usual pattern of interaction in a mutually accepted structure of communication

CASUAL/ INFORMAL REGISTER

Referred to as “barkada” or subgroup language

CASUAL/ INFORMAL REGISTER

Uses informal, slang, vulgar language, and colloquial expressions

INTIMATE REGISTER

A private communication only reserved for the nearest of kin or people in an intimate relationship

INTIMATE REGISTER

It reflects an openness of expression and trust