Because they follow group norms one act in one group may be very different from another act in another group.

Example of language register. Plaintiff alleged that defendent did hit beat pummel punch and mutilate plaintiff and did damage andor destroy valuable photographic equipment belonging to plaintiff. It is not usually positive or negative. Some writings are written in a neutral register.

Examples of Casual RegisterExamples of Casual Register SlangSlang Talking with friendsTalking with friends Personal letter to a friendPersonal letter to a friend 20. Example uneducated speakers tend to be unfamiliar with literary registers older speakers dont know current youth slang and scientific and technical terminologies often require years of specialized training to master. If it were two farm workers speaking to each other for the joy of conversation an interpretation of register wouldnt be necessary.

Register often refers to the degree of formality of language but in a more general sense it means the language used by a group of people who share similar work or interests such as doctors or lawyers. It is frozen in time and content. Of a language in the sense that there may be many dialects of the same language and many registers within the same language see Wardhaugh 2002.

The Bible the United States Constitution the Bhagavad Gita Romeo and Juliet Formal. Learning how to use casual-group language helps you to bond with the other members and become a part of the group. You could see it as a sliding scale from formal language for example a legal document to informal language for example a text message to a friend.

Thefive levels identified have been given specialized names byLinguists. This style of communications RARELY or NEVER changes. Whereas dialect refers to a variation of a language that is characteristic of the users of that language register refers to a variation of a language that is determined by usea situation or context.

RYAN JIMENEZ MAELS Class Schedule. This is where the use of language is fixed and relatively static. Have a good weekend.