Mode Flashcards
Interactional
conversation between speakers
Transactional
Information conveyed to readers
Examples of WRITTEN formal texts
- legal notices
- newspapers
- bills
- poems
- CV
Examples of WITTEN informal texts
- text messages
- diary entries
- songs
Phatic
technical term for ‘small talk’
refernial
utterances that provide information
Normalisation
the process of turning language items into nouns or noun phrases
expressive
emotions expressed through words
what are the two main influences of spoken language
speaker identity and context
what is speaker identity
influenced by:
- regional origin, social economic status, occupation, gender, ethnic identity, age.
what is context within spoken language
broad term referring to many different aspects of a situation the speaker is in:
- audience, topic, purpose, setting
how does audience influence the speakers language
relationship between speakers and audience is main influence
- differences of status - one more dominant
- influence forms of address and slang used between speakers
how does the setting influence the speakers language?
language will be different in formal and casual settings
