Language

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    • Emotive/Expressive function
      Language that helps interpret emotions, feelings, desires, and moods of the subject
    • Conative function
      Language used to get the attention of or a reaction from the addressee
    • Phatic function

      Language used to establish a social connection without communicating meaningful information
    • Poetic/Aesthetic function

      Language that focuses on the message and how it is communicated, using rhetorical figures of speech or "flowery" language
    • Metalingual function
      Language used to talk about the language itself, its features, word definitions, clarifying ambiguity, and describing deliberate word play
    • Standard/Polite/Formal language

      Language that sticks to the rules and is presented as the 'proper' form of English
    • Colloquial/Informal language

      Informal language that aims to communicate rather than stick rigidly to rules, including contractions and idiomatic language
    • Regional dialect
      Variety of language that emerges based on regionally specific use
    • Social dialect
      Variety of language that emerges within a specific class or culture, rather than a region
    • Lingua franca
      Common language used between people who speak different languages, which can be very adaptable and not necessarily stick to traditional language rules
    • Pidgin
      Simplified version of a lingua franca, where people trying to communicate across different languages develop their own form of communication
    • Creole
      Established form of pidgin, where a language developed from communicating over two or more languages is taken up by a culture as a native language
    • Vernacular
      Language as it is used naturally by a specific people, which can vary depending on the context
    • Patois
      Minority, non-standard use of a language, which can cover dialects, creoles and pidgins, but carries negative connotations
    • Lingo
      Wording or phrasing that is specific to a certain group, including jargon or slang
    • Jargon
      Words and phrases that emerge to cover ideas within a specific community, often when specialist terminology is required
    • Slang
      Language that emerges within a subgroup to describe new ideas or assign new words to existing ideas to develop a sense of identity
    • Frozen/Fixed Style

      Formal, rigid and static language, reliant on expertise, with particular vocabulary that rejects slang
    • Formal Style

      Formal language with particular, previously agreed upon vocabulary, yet more allowing of slang, contractions, ellipses and qualifying modal adverbials
    • Consultative Style

      Semi-formal vocabulary, unplanned and reliant on the listener's responses, may include slang, contractions, ellipses and qualifying modal adverbials
    • Casual Style

      Casual, flexible and informal vocabulary, unplanned and without a particular order, may include slang, contractions, ellipses and qualifying modal adverbials
    • Intimate Style

      Casual and relaxed vocabulary, incorporates nonverbal and personal language codes, may include slang, contractions, ellipses and qualifying modal adverbials
    • Referential is Use to convey info in objective way. sharing info with audience
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