English Language Flashcards
Register, Tenor, Audience
Register
the stylistic variation of language, defined by its use. It can involve all features of language and levels of formality.
Tenor
the metalinguistic term to describe the relationships between participants in a communicative exchange.
Audience
the intended listener/s or reader/s of a text.
Register can be classified using the Joos scale. These terms are
Intimate, casual, consultative, formal, frozen
The professional roles of the participants and
The status between speakers relate to:
Tenor
in a job interview, the person who is the possible future employee is the:
Audience
Who would have the power difference in a job interview
The person from the company
whether to conversing people are strangers, relatives or work partners is all related to …….
tenor
if a young man accidentally knocked over an elderly person and he profusely apologized, the audience would be ……
The elderly person
Doctors would speak differently at work then they would at home. The same goes for politicians. This feature of language relates to ……
Register
3 modes of communication
Written, Speech, Sign
6 functions of language
referential, emotive, conative, phatic, metalinguistic, poetic
Analysis structure IEE stands for
Indetify, Example, Explain
