Style and interaction lecture 1 Flashcards
What are the 6 registers?
- Informal
- Formal
- Direct
- Indirect
- Vernacular
- Old fashioned
Which features make up a style?
- Sounds (phonetics)
- Words (lexis)
- Grammer (syntax)
- Literal meaning (semantics)
- Social meaning (pragmatics)
Define vernacular
The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a country or region
Define style shift
A variation within the speech of an individual speaking a single language
Why do we style shift?
To cater to the needs of our audience
As a result of setting, participants and topic
Bell 1990
What is audience design?
Bell 1984
Changing the way we speak depending on our addressee or who can hear us
Responsive style-shifting
Using a style similar to our audience or one that they will like
Example of audience design
Bell 1984
Radio stations in New Zealand broadcasting news from the same station but using different speaking styles depending on audience
Who are the three groups of people that you cater for in terms of audience design?
2nd person - Addressee
3rd persons - auditor, overhearer and eavesdropper
Define referee design
Bell 1984
A style based on an absent third party
A style seen as appropriate by both speaker and audience for the activity
eg. singing a song or reading the news
Define intraspeaker variation
Variation observed in a single speaker, reacting to a situation audience, topic, genre or style.
