MT: Topic 2

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LANGUAGE REGISTER

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also called linguistic register and speech register

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LANGUAGE REGISTER

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describes the way a person speaks in relation to their audience

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LANGUAGE REGISTER

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speaker modifies their language register to signal levels of formality according to their relationship to
their audience and intended purpose of speech

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LANGUAGE REGISTER

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Any type of spoken or written communication uses a language register because register is a type of
linguistic variation

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LINGUISTIC VARIATION

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describes the complex ways speakers modify their language use according to social cues, communication context, and personal expression

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LANGUAGE REGISTER

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can be defined as the type of linguistic variation that indicates level of formality and speaker-audience
relationship

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LANGUAGE REGISTER

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it is through register that one can determine the kind of lexicon or vocabulary to use as well as the kind of structure to be used

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LANGUAGE REGISTER

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different registers are used in different situation

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FORMAL REGISTER

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is used in formal speaking and writing situations

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FORMAL REGISTER

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appropriate for use in the professional writing, like project proposals, position papers and business
letters as in the case of writing to a superior to a head of a certain organization

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“you-attitude”

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is defined as a style of writing which looks at the things from the reader’s point of view, emphasizing what the reader wants to know, respecting the reader’s intelligence and protecting the reader’s ego

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INFORMAL REGISTER

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This is also called conversational style

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INFORMAL REGISTER

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used in speech and informal writing, uses short, simple words, slang expressions and contractions. It has a friendly and personal tone

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INFORMAL REGISTER

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Is more casual in tone and is appropriate for people with whom you have established a more personal
relationship as in the case of friends and relatives

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INFORMAL REGISTER

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This type of writing may sometimes be emotional as an intimate relationship exists between the speaker and the listener or writer and reader

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INFORMAL REGISTER

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Incomplete sentences maybe used and paragraphing may be illogical or absent

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LEGALESE OR LEGAL LANGUAGE

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Highly characterized by archaic expressions, technical jargon, intrinsic only to the community of
legal professionals, embedded structures, passive voice and kilometric sentences

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LEGALESE OR LEGAL LANGUAGE

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Legalese continues to be in use partly because it saves time. It can be challenging to explain a
complicated legal concept fully while also keeping it brief

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SMS LANGUAGE OR TEXTESE LANGUAGE

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Exact opposite of the legalese

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SMS LANGUAGE OR TEXTESE LANGUAGE

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Use of abbreviations, acronyms, slang words, and expression

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SMS LANGUAGE OR TEXTESE LANGUAGE

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the messages are limited to a certain number of character and spaces which made texting much easier and quicke

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TO WIT

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The judge notes that the Times ruling occurred in unique historical circumstances

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TO WIT

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the struggle for civil rights when Southern politicians used defamation law to stifle reporting on and criticism of Jim Crow

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2 LANGUAGE REGISTERS

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1. Informal Register
2. Formal Register