Cultural, Global, and Multimedia Issues Flashcards
It refers to the speaker’s use of language in different circumstances – be it written or spoken. This can be our word
choices, word definitions, tone of voice, facial expressions, and
other verbal and non-verbal cues.
Registers
Types of Registers:
- Intimate
- Casual
- Consultative
- Formal
- Frozen
This style is private, which occurs
between or among close family members or intimate individuals. The language used in this style may not be shared in public.
Intimate
This style is common among peers and friends. Jargon, slang, street
language, gay language, or vulgar words are used.
Casual
This style is the standard one. Professional or mutually acceptable language is a must in this style. Examples of situations are communication between teachers and students, employers and employees, doctor and patient, judge and lawyer, or President and his constituents.
Consultative
This style is used in formal setting. Unlike the consultative style, this is
one-way, respectful, academic, and legal. Examples are sermons by priests and ministers, State of the Nation Address of the President, formal speeches, or pronouncements by the judge.
Formal
It mostly occurs in ceremonies. Common examples are the Preamble to the Constitution, Lord’s
Prayer, and the Allegiance to the Country.
Frozen
All these registers can be part in any of the following communicative competences:
- Linguistic – competent in grammar, structure, phonology, morphology,
semantics, and in 5 macro skills. - Sociolinguistics – competent in using appropriate words, expressions, and
attitude towards a specific topic, setting, and group. - Strategic – competent in providing clarifications and in finding solutions
about communication ambiguities and confusions. - Discourse – competent in making, initiating, developing, controlling, turn-taking, claiming, repairing, shifting, and terminating conversations.
