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21 Cards in this Set
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Language Registers |
This refers to the kinds of English appropriate to a particular purpose or situation. It refers to the level of formality or informality and tone that are correct for a specific context. |
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Factors for Deciding Suitable Registers |
• the audience • the nature of the subject matter • the medium • the writer's attitude |
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Formal Register |
For use in formal social settings example: ceremonies, services, and in conversation between strangers. It almost always involves the use of Standard English. |
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Casual Register |
For use between friends or acquaintances in a non-formal setting. Usually marked by use of slang and ellipsis. |
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Intimate Register |
For use between people who are very close. Usually marked by minimal sentence structure, ellipsis, non-verbal elements of communication and specialized words or expression restricted in meaning to those involved in this intimate relationship. |
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Consultative Register |
For use in a situation in which the listener is expected to give some form of continuous feedback based on the information provided by the speaker. |
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Frozen Register |
For use in print and public speeches, sermons and recitations for which no direct response from a reader or listener is expected. |
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Dialectal Variation |
Refers to spoken and written different in the use of language within a speech community. This is a spectrum of language variation linking the more standard end of the linguistic range to the creole end. |
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Acrolect |
Refers to the standard variety of the language. |
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Mesolect |
Refers to varieties which are closer in features to the standard language and which are used primarily in the urban areas. |
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Basilect |
Represents the variety mainly used in the rural areas and which has mainly creole features. |
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Attitudes to Language |
Attitudes to the varieties of English spoken in the Caribbean result from a number of factors including historical and social ones. |
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Factors for the attitudes to language |
•Association of Education •Formality •Good taste with Standard English •Suitability for circumstances or situation |
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Examples of Attitudes to the Use of Language |
Positive reactions include: •Pride •Confidence •Celebration Negative reactions include: •Contempt •Shame •Ridicule of the language one speaks |
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Vocalics |
Use of volume, rate, tone, and pitch of the voice to give dimension to meaning. |
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Proxemix |
Use of space to communicate |
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Artifacts |
Objects that relay a message about you. |
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Movement |
Posture, gesture, eye contact, facial expression that say something about you. |
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Chronemics |
Attitude and use of time that communicate something about you. |
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Our Five Senses |
These convey information to you about others. |
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Non-verbal communication basic functions |
•Substituting for words •Reinforcing words •Regulating how the verbal message is received •Contradicting the verbal message •Managing Impression or the way other people perceive you •Establishing relationship |
