Chapter 2

Question 1

frozen language register

Answer 1

language that stays the same

ex: the pledge

Question 2

formal language register

Answer 2

standard sentence syntax of work and school

ex: speech/ lecture

Question 3

consulatative language register

Answer 3

formal register when used in conversation

ex: talking w professor

Question 4

casual language reigster

Answer 4

languauge between friends and non verbal dependent

Question 5

intimate language register

Answer 5

language between lovers or twins. lang of sexual harassment

ex: “bedroom” talk

Question 6

Students from less educated or impoverish houses don’t hear formal register

Answer 6

FACT- as a result these students dont have formal registry and well-paying jobs are expected to have formal reigstry

Question 7

Generational poverty is so isolated the more generations one is in poverty.

Answer 7

FACT- the less access to formal registry, the harder it is to do well in school or find a high paying job

Question 8

Early language expesoure predicted subsequent verbal ability.

Answer 8

FACT- Writing has very little meaning to poeple in poverty because they rely on nonverbal assists

Question 9

Formal discourse register

Answer 9

Straight-forward

Question 10

Casual discourse register

Answer 10

speaker goes around issue before getting to the point

Question 11

Formal story structure

Answer 11

beginning, plot, end

most important is the plot

Question 12

casual story structure

Answer 12

story told in parts after something great happens to a character in there
most important is the characterization

Question 13

Specificity of language

Answer 13

writing only has meaning when there’s an extent of shared language.