Types of Speech Style

• Speech Style dictates and affects the way people communicate
• According to Joos (1968), there are five speech styles.
• Intimate is private which occurs between or among close family individuals. The language used in this style may not be shared in public.
• The context dictates and affects the way people communicate, resulting in various speech styles.
• According to Joos (1968), there are five speech styles: intimate, casual, consultative, formal, and frozen.
• Each speech style dictates what appropriate language or vocabulary should be used or observed.
• Intimate style is private, occurring between or among close family members or individuals.
• The language used in the intimate style may not be shared in public.
• Casual style is common among peers and friends, using jargon, slang, or the vernacular language.
• Consultative style is the standard one, requiring professional or mutually acceptable language in situations like communication between teachers and students, employers and employees, doctor and patient, judge and lawyer, or President and his/her constituents.
• Formal style is used in formal settings, unlike the consultative style, it is one-way, with examples including sermons by priests and ministers, State of the Nation Address of the President, formal speeches, or pronouncements by judges.
• Frozen style is "frozen" in time and remains unchanged, mostly occurring in ceremonies, with common examples being the Preamble to the Constitution, Lord's Prayer, and Allegiance to country or flag.