LING 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Phatic Expression, Indirect Speech, Interjection
6 Dec 2018
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Style- intraspeaker variation based on formality of the setting and participants relationships (distance, status solidarity. ) Register ex: sports caster register, linguist register, doctor register, judge register. Not based on formality but the situation and what you are doing. Style is setting topics and roles of particpoants. Settings more broadly defined similar to domains. Topics- linked to settings, workplace, leisure activity. Roles of participants (judge, lawyer, teacher) beyond status and distance. 10. 2 graph more casual the style- the more vernacular is used. Used a lot more often when having a casual conversation, and a lot less often when using a word list. (by all groups) more casual= more use. The higher class (1) used the vernacular style the least always (less than any group) lower class uses it more than any other group, always. Formality is associated with higher classes: interspeaker vaiation based on. Speech acts: we speak to do things.
