The

English
Language
Anna Jean T. Capillan, LPT

Subject Instructor
“The limits of my language mean the limits of my
world.”

—Ludwig Wittgenstein
 Language

It symbolizes the cultures in societies where individuals

interact and use to communicate with each other.
Communication is a key power to facilitate interactions
among individuals and which provide them with stronger
relationships.
 Varieties of Standard English

Royal English
when speaking with the members
of the Royal Family

Formal English Informal English

used in formal affairs like State of most commonly spoken by
the nation address, privilege educated people. Writing is for
speech, technical writing or general readers, speaker to general
articles on serious subjects audience as in newspaper
 Varieties of Standard English

Colloquial
spoken by educated people in
casual talk

Vulgar (illiterate or
nonstandard English) Slang
special and spontaneous
Used by uneducated class
language a group of people
develops
 Varieties of Standard English

Trite/cliché
This means worn out or
stereotyped

Shopworn Threadbare
faded language Language is shabby.
 Filipinisms
Filipinisms are considered English expressions that have
been given specific local meaning and are used by a group
or community. Their meaning is different from the
commonly accepted meaning.
 British – American English

American British
vs
English English
 Collective Nouns

American British
vs
English English

always singular singular or plural

 Auxiliary

American English British English

Should we go now? I shall go home

Shall we go now?
 not

American English British English

You don’t need to come You need not come

 Past tense (ed-t)

American English British English

learned, dreamed, burned learnt,dreamt,burnt

 Tag questions

American English British English

seldom use tag questions Often use tag questions

 Punctuations

American English British English

double quotation marks (“) single quotation mark (‘)

period (vs., Ms. Mr.) full stop (vs, Ms, Mr)