register Flashcards
Colloquial language/ diminutive endings
reflect Australian identity
used to appeal to Australian audience to build trust
represent casual, relaxed attitude
Slang
reflect vernacular of younger generation
Adopting language of target audience strengthens relationship/ build rapport + appeal to +ve face needs
Non-standard Capitalisation
deliberate to emphasise importance/ excitement + enthusiasm + energy
decreases formality + social distance
Non-standard Orthography
reflect spoken mode
decreases formality + social distance
Non-standard pronunciations (phonological features)
common and expected in informal conversations
e.g. - Vowel reductions (ya-> unstressed vowel phoneme /u/ reduced to a schwa /a/)
Elision (‘bout + ‘cause)
decreases formality + social distance
Non-standard elements
decreases formality + social distance
Passive voice
increases formality reflects planned nature of formal written text
places focus on the grammatical subject
Agentless ellipted as it was easily inferred that _ were responsible for the verb
build cohesion
Fronting
creates front focus on ___
adverbial explain where = establish situational context
reflects planned nature of formal written text
build cohesion
Fragments
decreases formality / create conversational tone / reduce social distance
high frequency lexemes
decreases formality / create conversational tone / reduce social distance
Expletives
decreases formality / supports face needs
(replacing expletive) –> support -ve face needs b/c in public domain w/ audience unknown to author/ less offensive
Vocal effect of laughter
engaged/ enjoyment of company/ illustrate a friendly and relaxed nature of the relationship
Overlap
reveals close tenor
Honorific
formal vocatives/ acknowledge higher status
Parallelism
mirrored structures linked by their similar syntactic features
efficiently packages information to make it memorable
reflects planned nature of formal written text
build cohesion
