Style, context, and
register
By : group 6
1. Vebriani (03062111036)
2. Della zalfia angraini (03062111029) 3. Mirnawati fukweu (03062111021)
4. Megarima Aulia Buamona (03062111023) 5. Parwati Jaya (03062111017)
6. Tiara Fokatea (03062111038)
What is style ?
Style is the variant in a person’s speech or writing. It is how an individual chooses to express oneself, and also how people switch from one style to another according to :
• Situation
• The person or person’s being addressed
• Topic discussed
Wolfram and schilling estes (1998 : 214) define language style quite similarly, as “ variation in the speech of individual speakers”
Bell (1997: 240 ) is somewhat clearer in emphasizing the linguistic lements :
Style is “the range of variation within the speech of an individual speaker”
By these statement above, so we can conclude that’s style is the variants in the speech which is used in certain situation or form of the language used for the same purpose under certain circumstances.
What is register ?
•is the language used at any given moment; and depend on: what do you do, by whom and by what means.
•Register: a way of speaking a language which is associated with a particular occupational or activity group. Example:
●field of law and justiceThere is a terminological distinction between register and style. Both are associated with a specific speech situation but whereas register often refers to the specific vocabulary chosen and expected in connection with a particular speech situation, style includes grammatical variation.
Example of using style
● Example : When talking to peers in daily life, stylethe speech used is more relaxed and tends to be informal
● For example : “how do you do this ?” but if you talk to the lecture, the style of speech used must be more formal and orderly,
● For example : “sorry sir , how do you solve this
problem?”
The function of style
This sociolinguistic tradition of investigating style :
as an aspect of symbolic speech variation differs from that of anthropological linguistics or ethnography of communication, which primarily focuses on ‘ways of speaking’ – including styles and registers –
as expressing particular social functions, events, or relationships (though it also includes careful linguistic description).
What is register ?
•is the language used at any given moment; and depend on: what do you do, by whom and by what means.
•Register: a way of speaking a language which is associated with a particular occupational or activity group. Example:
●field of law and justiceThere is a terminological distinction between register and style. Both are associated with a specific speech situation but whereas register often refers to the specific vocabulary chosen and expected in connection with a particular speech situation, style includes grammatical variation.
Some types of register
1. Formal Register: A type of register that incorporates Standard American English and is used by professionals or in situations where people are not familiar with one another.
2. Informal Register: i s A type of register used with more familiar people in casual conversation. In the informal style of register, contractions are used more often, rules of negation and agreement may be altered, and slang or colloquialisms may be used.
3. Over-formal Register:
A type of register that can be characterized by the use of a false high- pitched nasal voice.
4. Motherese: is A type of register characterized by high-pitched,elongated
sounds and "sing- song"intonation. It is used when people speak to infants,young children, or pets.
What is context ?
● Context is a concept, a schematic structure that exists in the mind of each human mind.
Context can also be sourced from previous events and formed psychologically for each individual.
(H.G. Widdowson: 19)
Example :
●When the speaker talks about “Touring”, and the listener also responds to the conversation and their communication process continues.
●Such a situation means that the speaker and listener have the same context about "Touring", so there is no missed communication