PURC MIDTERM REVIEWER
WEEK 7 – LANGUAGE REGISTER CONSULTATIVE REGISTER
Language Register - is the level of formality with • People use this register in conversation when they're
which you speak. different situations and people call for speaking with someone who has specialized knowledge
different registers. or who offers advice.
AUDIENCE • Tone is often respectful
TOPICS
• Slang is sometimes used; people may pause or
SITUATION
interrupt one another.
Registers are marked by a variety of specialist
Examples: Doctor, Patients, and teachers
vocabulary collectivisms and even a difference of
intonation pace. CASUAL REGISTER
• WRITTEN LANGUAGE • his is the register people use when they're with
friends' acquaintance says or coworkers
• SPOKEN LANGUAGE
• use of slang contractions and vernacular grammar is
• SIGNED LANGUAGE
all common and people may use expletives or off-color
Five Language Registers language in some settings
• FROZON REGISTER Examples: Victory, Birthday Party
• FORMAL REGISTER INTIMATE REGISTER
• CONSULTATIVE REGISTER • Trait this register is reserved for special locations
usually between only two people and often in private
• CASUAL REGISTER
• this register will consider certain terms of
• INTIMATE REGISTER
endearment, slangs or expressions whose meaning is
WHO - AUDIENCE WHAT - TOPIC WHY – PURPOSE WHERE – LOCATION shared with a small subset of persons
Frozen Register EXAMPLE: lovers having special terms of endearment
- It rarely or NEVER changes, also called STATIC register mothers giving pet names to their children based on
some character trait
• Cultural and unidirectional
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• May include old grammar or vocabulary
LANGUAGE VARIETIES AND REGISTERS
Examples: Bible verse, Law, Famous speeches
Formal Registrar Speech variety, a concept of domain, is important as it
signifies the class of situation within which a certain
-used in formal settings and is one-way in nature, used
speech variety is used.
in professional, academic or legal settings, uses
complete sentences, avoid slang and may use technical A domain is also referred to as “social situation as the
or academic vocabulary use complete words. (example: implementation of the rights and duties of a particular
"have not" "instead (haven't") less rigid and usually role relationship.
impersonal
Examples: SERMONS QUESTIONS ANNOUNCEMENT DIFFERENT KINDS OF LANGUAGE VARIETIES
1. Pidgin – develops in situations where speakers of
different languages need to communicate but don’t
share a common language. The vocabulary of a pidgin which gesture, music and space are main the main
comes elements.
mainly from one language (called the 'lexifier') It can be delivered via different media and technologies
language. EXAMPLE: “ Conyo “ such as:
paper ( books, comics, posters)
digital ( slide presentations, e- books, blogs, e- posters,
2. Creole – is a distinct language which has taken most
web pages and social media)
of its vocabulary from another language, but it has its
live ( performance or an event)
own grammatical
trans media ( media platforms, such as: book, comic,
rules.
magazine, film web series, and video game)
EXAMPLE: Gullah, Jamaican Creole, ( patois or patwa )
Spanish Creole (Chavacano)
Five Semiotic Systems
3. Regional Dialect – is not a distinct language but a
1. Written or linguistic meaning – vocabulary, generic
variety of language spoken in a particular area of a
structure, and grammar
country.
2. Audio Meaning – music, sound effects, noises,
4. Minority Dialect – a particular minority ethnic group
ambient noise, and silence
have their own variety which they use as a marker of
identity, usually
alongside a standard variety. 3. Visual meaning – still and moving images, use of
color, saliency, page layouts, vectors, viewpoint, screen
formats, visual symbols; shot framing, subject distance
5. Indigenized variety – are spoken mainly second
and angle, camera movement , subject movement
languages in ex- colonies with multilingual populations.
This standard variety may be linked to English
proficiency or may be part of a range of varieties used 4. Gestural meaning – body movements, hands and
to express identity. eyes , facial expression
EXAMPLE:
Singlish (spoken in Singapore) a variety came from 5. Spatial Meaning – environmental and architectural
Standard English. spaces and use of proximity direction, layout, position
of an organization
of objects in space
Language Registers
1. Static Register/ Frozen Register
2. Formal Register Cultural Sensitivity in Multimodal Text
3. Consultative Register CULTURE comes in many shapes and sizes. It includes
4. Casual Register areas such as politics, history, mentality, behavior and
5. Intimate Register lifestyle. Insensitivity
in multimodal text may affect the products the
company is promoting, might offend people and will
Multimodal is a dynamic convergence of two or more
lead to miscommunication.
communication modes within the same text.
LANGUAGE – poor translation may cause
embarrassment and misinterpretations, the use of
What is a multimodal text? appropriate language must be given
- Combines two or more semiotic systems like picture importance.
book which textual and visual elements are arranged or Technology Based Communicating tools – is the
live performance in backbone of social interaction
Examples;
Email
Texting
Instant messaging
Social networking
Tweeting
Blogs / blogging
Video conferencing
