What we would look at from linguistic perspective?

 Grammatical structures
 Conjugations
 Register
 Style
 Purpose
 Audience
 Genre
 Terminology
 Paradigms and syntagma
 Syntax
 Semiotics
 Valency
 Vocabulary
 complexity of sentences
 verbs, adjectives, adverbs
 passive voice/active voice
 rhymes
 slang, idioms, metaphors
 stereotypes


how context influences what is written in the text

Types of text

 Scientific; Poems, novels, academic articles, lectures

 Legal texts; contracts, types of contracts
 Semiotics; movies, songs, slogans, advertisements, posters
 Historic text; bible
 Headlines, labels

Language and context

Context

Language

Sematics

Lexicogrammar

Copontent

Phonology/graphology

Expression

Text is a written form of communication

Discourse spoken or written text. Larger than a sentence, longer than an utterance

Genre – viewed as structure common for gropus of texts which are recognized as performing broadly
smilar functions in a scoeuity,

 Poem
 Novel
 Essay
 Report
 Formal speech
 Academic paper

Different genres of reports – whether reports

Any group of text which show a similiarty of register can be said to belong to the same genre

Genres can have common features, no two registers will ever be indentical

Genre- a callas of communicate venets, share some set of commujnikcate purpose. ( Swales, 1990)

Register linguistic features that mark commujnicative situtions in a aprticular social settings

Interview

Sports comentaty

4telephone converatsion

Political speech

Legal language

Dependant upon the social backgroubnd geography sex and age of the language user, the register is
chosen.

Register ( Halliday 1985(

Register an anlaysis of the linguistic features commob in a text variety

It considers the situation of use

Register

Field subject matter of concerstaion

Mode the medium of information exchange

Tenor social roles of participanets

The language of law:

 Long, complex sentences without interpunction

 Repetitions
 Passive voice
 Latin words
 Specific vocabulary
 Adverbials
 Legal collocations

The language of science:

 Terminology
 Latin words
 Reported speech
 Long sentences
 Specific collocations

The language of hip hop:

 Slang
 Neologisms
 Very informal
 Swear words
 Vernicular African American English

Componets in a register analysis

The situational context of use

Linguistic analysis of the words and structures that commonly occur

What determines the register?

Setting

Sitituon

Addresor

Addressee

Topic

Style variety of alanguage viewed from the p;oint of formality.