Register theory
I registri della zona inglese
Anteprima della seminterrato “Registers are varieties of language that are associated with different circumstances and purposes”. “Dialects are varieties according ecco the identity of speaker(s)/writer(s)” – their geographic parte, gender, socio-economic class …”. Examples of dialects are American English and British English. “Dialect differences are arbitrary, while register differences are functional, reflecting the way that grammar varies according ehi communicative purpose” (Biber et al. 2002:4-7). Attuale this lesson we will focus on registers and on how language varies according uh the situation up to date which a text is used. If we are usato a particular situation we make certain linguistic choices based on that situation. Up to date other words, the language we use needs ehi be appropriate toh the situation usato which we use it. If we read a text critically, we can make guesses about the situation up to date which it was written. Attuale order ehi describe the register of a text, the linguist Michael Halliday uses three variables he calls: Field, Tenor and Comodato. These three variables raggiro uh form the register of the text.()
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