REGISTER Definition : Register is the degree of formality in any either spoken, visual or written text THE REGISTER CONTINUUUM INFORMAL NEUTRAL FORMAL A text may have parts which occur at different places on the continuum, but there will be an overriding register FORMAL TEXTS INCLUDE WRITTEN: Newspapers Academic writing Discursive essays Formal letters Text books Reference works Novels Programmes Reports Minutes Instructions SPOKEN: Speeches Interviews Consultations News Documentary Lectures VISUAL: Charts Graphs Diagrams Documentaries (films) CHARACTERISTICS OF FORMAL STYLE SYNTAX Full sentences Simple, complex and compound sentences (variety) Rhetorical devices – climax, anti climax, rhetorical questions Deep strucutre DICTION: Jargon Sophisticated vocabulary (Look at parts of speech Adjectives+Adverbs (descriptive writing) Denotations Emotive languuage Persuasive Language Figures of speech FORMAT Follows strict rules of format Paragraphs Salutations TONE WORDS Serious, critical, analytical, sombre, mocking, officious, imperious, clinical, neutral, exhorting, encouraging, gentle, judicious, sarcastic, cynical, ironic, sceptical INFORMAL TEXTS INCLUDE WRITTEN: Advertisements Dialogues Magazine articles Friendly letters SPOKEN: Conversations Informal interviews VISUAL: Cartoons Comic strips Films CHARACTERISTICS OF INFORMAL STYLE FORMAT Dialogue Loose format SYNTAX Incomplete sentences Conjunctions joining sentences Words left out Surface structure DICTION: Colloquialisms Accents Dialect Contractions Slang Simplistic language Connotations Emotive language Persuasive language TONE WORDS Flippant, casual, conversational, intimate, biased, hollow, sincere, insincere, sarcastic, ironic, cheeky, sardonic, derisive, scornful, haughty, proud, disbelieving, incredulous THINGS TO NOTE 1. The questions is whether the register is appropriate or not 2. That will depend on the intention of the speaker or writer and context. SOME EXERCISES AG MAN, THIS IS SOMMER A LEKKER CUP OF COFFEE THE BENEFITS OF CAFFEINE It has been established that there is a direct link between the intake of caffeine and performance.