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LANGUAGE REGISTERS

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Language Registers. STEM Training. Every Language has 5 Registers. Frozen Formal Consultative Casual Intimate. Frozen. Pledge of Allegiance Lord’s Prayer Preamble to Constitution. Formal. Interviews Academic language in classroom Public speaking. Casual. Talking with friends - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Language Registers

LANGUAGE REGISTERS

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EVERY LANGUAGE HAS 5 REGISTERS

Frozen Formal Consultative Casual Intimate

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FROZEN

Pledge of Allegiance

Lord’s Prayer

Preamble to Constitution

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FORMAL

Interviews

Academic language in classroom

Public speaking

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CASUAL

Talking with friends

Slang

Abbreviations

Drafts

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CONSULTATIVE

Used when speaking with colleagues, peers, boss, etc.

A mix of formal and casual register

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INTIMATE

Private Conversations

Husband and wife

Siblings Use in sexual

harassment