Informal Features Flashcards

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Colloquial Language

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A type of casual and relaxed language that is often location-specific

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Slang

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Newly formed words and phrases that can indicate one’s identity.

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Taboo Language

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Language that could be considered inappropriate or insulting by the majority of society.

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Dysphemism

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An inappropriate word or phrase that is usually used in place of a neutral word, to intensify the negative aspects of an utterance.

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5
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Swearing

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Terms that are often deemed as rude or offensive within a particular culture.

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Emojis

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Small icons or pictures used in digital texts.

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Social Purposes of Informal Language

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encouraging intimacy/equality/solidarity, Politeness strategies, promoting linguistic innovation, promoting social harmony, negotiating social taboos, building rapport, supporting in-group membership.

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Cohesion in informal texts

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Lexical choice, collocation, information flow, referencing, repetition, substitution, ellipsis, conjunctions, adverbials

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Coherence in informal texts

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Cohesion, inference, logical ordering, formatting, consistency, conventions

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