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Register




Jargon

Register: The language you use to address people. you probably use an informal register with your friends, a formal register to address the queen. You have multiple registers.


Jargon: Field-specific lexis, or specific language used to discuss a certain topic.

Halliday's Theory of Influence

Mode: the topic/ subject you are talking/ writing about. you would use different language to discuss food and football. You would employ specific vocabulary.


Manner: this refers to the relationship we have with other participants. You would use different levels of formality and different registers.


Mode: written or spoken discourse.

Emotive lexis




slang




Taboo Lexis

Emotive lexis: words used to create emotion.


slang: informal language that does not exist in standard English.


Taboo Lexis: swear words or language that is considered offensive/ inappropriate by society.

Euphemism


Archaism


Neologism

Euphemism: an indirect word/ expression used to replace one that is too harsh. e.g. to pass away, rather that die.

Archaism: a word that is no longer used.


Neologism: a new word.

Denotation


Connotation


Semantic Ambiguity

Denotation: a direct/ dictionary definition of a word.


Connotation: a secondary or associated meaning of a word.


Semantic Ambiguity : a word or phrase that may be interpreted in multiple ways.

Semantic/ Lexical field


Synonym


Antonym

Semantic/ Lexical field: words which are associated with each other. i.e. winter, cold, bleak, miserable, frosty, chilly ect.


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Antonym