Informal Features Flashcards
Colloquial Language
A type of casual and relaxed language that is often location-specific
Slang
Newly formed words and phrases that can indicate one’s identity.
Taboo Language
Language that could be considered inappropriate or insulting by the majority of society.
Dysphemism
An inappropriate word or phrase that is usually used in place of a neutral word, to intensify the negative aspects of an utterance.
Swearing
Terms that are often deemed as rude or offensive within a particular culture.
Emojis
Small icons or pictures used in digital texts.
Social Purposes of Informal Language
encouraging intimacy/equality/solidarity, Politeness strategies, promoting linguistic innovation, promoting social harmony, negotiating social taboos, building rapport, supporting in-group membership.
Cohesion in informal texts
Lexical choice, collocation, information flow, referencing, repetition, substitution, ellipsis, conjunctions, adverbials
Coherence in informal texts
Cohesion, inference, logical ordering, formatting, consistency, conventions
