Purposive Communication

• A variety is refers to any variant of language which can be sufficiently delimited from one another.
• Pidgin is a new language which develops in situation where speaker of different language need to communicate but do not have or share common language
• Creole is the pidgin that has been used as a native language by succeeding generations, usually with some influence from other languages spoken in the area.
• Creole is a pidgin that becomes the first language of the children and the mother tongue of a community
• Regional Language is not a distinct language but a variety of a language in a particular area of a country
• Minority Dialect is a variety used as a marker of identity, usually alongside a standard variety by the members of particular minority ethnic group
• Indigenized Values are spoken mainly as second language in ex colonies with multilingual population
• According to Richard Nordquist (2018)a register is defined the way of a speaker uses language differently in different circumstances
• 5 Varieties of Language

  Pidgin, Creole, Regional Dialect,Minority Dialect, Indigenized Values
• 5 Distinct Language Register

  Frozen, Formal, Consultative, Casual, Intimate
• Frozen refers to historic language or communication that is intended to remain unchanged like constitution or a prayer
• Formal is used in professional, academic or legal settings where communication is expected to be respectful


  Consultative used in language or conversation when they are speaking with someone who has specialized knowledge or who is offering advice
• Casual register used when they are with friends, close acquintances and co workers and family.
• Intimate Register is reserved for special occasions, usually between two people and often in private
• Classification of Language Register

  1. Formal Language Register
  2. Informal Language Register
  3. Neutral Language Register
• Formal Language Register is more appropriate for professional writing a letters to a boss or a stranger
• more appropriate for personal writing a letters to a boss or a stranger

  Formal Language Register
• Informal Language Register is conversational and appropriate when writing to friends and people you know very well.
• Neutral Language Register is not necessarily formal or informal used to deliver facts
• Media Messages contain information and ideas that are shared to a large audience of people
• Four Main Qualities For an Effective Message

  1. Simplicity
  2. Specificity
  3. Structure
  4. Stickiness
• Three Steps of Evaluating Messages

  1. Identifying Source
  2. Interpret Contextual Information
  3. Understood Implications
• Analyzing the Text/ Images

  1. Content Analysis
  2. Visual Analysis
  3. Image Source
  4. Technical Quality
  5. Contextual Info
• Cultural Text are those objects action and behaviors that reveal cultural meaning
• Types of Text

  1. Narrative Text
  2. Descriptive Text
  3. Directive Text
  4. Expository Text