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AoS1 Nature and Functions of Language Flashcards

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Register

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Level of formality within a text.
- Formality associated with language choices made eg. adjectives
- The “vibe”

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Jargon

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Technical language of a domain

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Formality scale

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  • Informal
  • largely informal
  • relatively informal
  • mixed
  • relatively formal
  • largely formal
  • formal.
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Informal Register

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Non standard lexemes, such as “sup”

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Formal Register

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Standard lexemes
Language to use when describing: low frequency/elevated/sophisticated.

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Situation Context

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Field, Tenor, Mode, Setting, Text Type.

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Field

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Semantic field or domain (topic area)

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Tenor

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The relationship between the participants and degree of social distance.
Increased/ decreased social distance
Close/distant tenor
Collaborative, friendly, awkward interactions

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Mode

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Speech or writing?

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Setting

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Time and place
Spoken: When and where is the text created
Written: When and where is it appearing?

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Text Type

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Nature of the discourse and the form it takes
Shapes language used
Judge contents and function.
eg. Poem, Interview etc.

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Participants

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  • speaker + listeners
  • speakers + interlocutors
  • writers + readers [org]
  • writers
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Audience

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Intended audience, could be several, immediate audience
e.g. Studio audience, radio listeners, viewing audience
- setting

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Elision

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Sounds missing

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Ellipses

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grammatical elements missing

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Written and Spoken modes both have:

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Text type, setting, register, audience, tenor, functions, purposed, field, sentence types and structures.

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Speech Key Language Features

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  • ephemeral, transitory
  • less formal
  • immediate feedback
  • participants
  • time bound
  • social
  • unplanned
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Sentences in Speech

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Utterances

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Paralinguistic features of speech

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Vocal effect, stance, gestures, facial expressions

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Syntax in Speech

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  • fragments (brilliant)
  • ellipses
  • coordinating conjunctions
  • interrogative tags (didn’t they?)
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Phonology in Speech

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  • Pitch
  • Volume
  • Tempo
  • Stress
  • Accent
  • Elision and assimulation
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Morphology in Speech

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  • shortenings
  • initialisms and acronyms
  • non-standard lexemes
  • expletives
  • hypocoristic suffixes
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Writing Key Features

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  • requires literacy
  • permanent
  • more formal (more rules)
  • delayed feedback
  • space bound
  • records information
  • planned/drafted
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Phonology in Written Mode

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  • descriptions/verbs to convey vocal effects
  • onomatopoeia
  • Volume, stress and intonation through formatting, orthographic and punctuation features
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Orthographic

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Spelling (NO. Noooooo)

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Morphology/Lexicology in Written Mode

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  • shortenings
  • affixation
  • initialisms + acronyms
  • neologisms
  • Blands and compounding
  • Contractions (can’t)
  • Elevated lexemes
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Neologisms

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new words

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Syntax in written mode

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  • ellipses
  • fragment
  • phrases + clauses
  • punctuation
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Semantics in written mode

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  • denotation and connotations
  • colloquialisms + idioms
  • synonymy + antonymy
  • euphemism + dysphemism
  • figurative language
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Discourse and Pragmatics in written mode

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  • layout (subheading, dot points)
  • font type + size
  • formatting (bold/italics)
  • punctuation
  • handwritten vs type
  • colors
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Purpose

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Intended goal of a text
- to advise
- to entertain
- to build rapport
- to advise

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Informal language choices

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  • encouraging intimacy and supporting in group membership
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Formal Language Choices

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Reinforce social distance/authority
Establishing expertise
Clarifying

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Intent

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  • something one plans to do
  • choose repertoire of language.
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Preparedness

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Prepared/spontaneous
- low/high
- written = planning/drafting
- speech = scripted/sei-scripted/written
- spontanoeus.

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Cultural context

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  • extralinguistic circumstances
  • values, attitudes, and beliefs of participants

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