Language

• 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