4. at the semantic level
Lexicalically
conversation
simple, Anglo-Saxon, monosyllabic words, phrasal verbs,
idioms and coloquialisms
vague terms,
example
get, go, eat, have do, know, etc.
Spoken English
interview, football commentary, sermon, lecture, inaugural speech, debate, daily conversation, etc.
Written English
letter, news report, advertisement, poem, novel, legal document, etc.
writing
Graphological devices punctuation,italics paragraphing,Pictures, tables,charts
Different types of formats
Non-fluncy
Father. So what have you been making Ro++ Romy. Well-I was ma- I’ve been making a mar-I’ve been making a market++ and I made it out of matchstics-and-em matchboxes-andat the bottom of the matchboexes-I I put-I put matches-for for four legs+and I put a roof at the top+em out of paper-and then I made little things to put on it-er-.
5. Varieties in Relation to
Media
Contents
I. Introduction II. Spoken English and Writen English III. Electronic English
Introduction
Media ~ refers to graphic signs(visual medium) or
phonologically/graphologically
conversation
1 Phonological devices stress,intonation,Pitch pause,tempo
2 paralinguistic devices gestures, laughers,giggles, facial expressions,
sound waves(auditory medium) by means of which a message is conveyed from one person (addresser) to another(addressee).
Spoken English & Writen English
Syntactically
2. Syntactic incompleteness: A: I quite like the way they done the Mile
though+It’s quite— B. yes-yes A: the bottom of it .
Syntactically
jargon
barkers(for pistols)
Common vague or general words: A. hi, Jane-I can hardly believe it++ J. Arthur- Arthur Carlson+ how marvelous to
see you+how’s your sister++ A. she’s fine+she’s in New York++ J. In New York+how marvellous++
Review the old and preview the new
cyberlanguge, internet language,elecronic langauge, etc.
English used in blog, QQ, e-mail, web forum.
Lexically
Features
examples
abbreviation asap, np, ic, thx, jk,
clippings
net, op, site, bb
blendings webish, netish, netiquette
numbers
88=bye bye, 2=two/too, B4=before
Emotions
:) , =*
and smileys
Syntactically
E-English
Spoken English and Writen English
Differences
1. at the lexical level
2. at the syntactic/grammatical level 3. at the phonological/graphological level
come on, get along, shut up, pick up, look into
pull one’s leg, face the music, in the same boat
thing, many, stuff, lots of
slang
babe, chick, doll, kitten
3. the use of minor sentences A: What you doing here+on holiday++ B: no-I work here nowቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱteacher+at the British
Council++
Syntactically
4. repetion of the same syntactic form They go to the-Ledra Palace Hotel for example+and they sit at the bar+ and they absorb you know one or two facts from a few people+but they don’t know the langauge +and they don’t know the people+and they don’t-really know the situation++
Short sentences Elliptical sentences Active voice
functions
effective time-saving more simple and direct
Homework
Finish exercises 1&4 on your notebooks
Semantically
People tend to be more explicit and fluent in
writing than in conversation.
Electronic English
~ refers to the computer-mediated English, which can aslo be labeled by other names, such as:
Syntactically
1. Lack of clear sentence boundaries: I’m very suspicious of the press generally and I
can tell you because-not only I mean that’s one case that you’ve given but also in their reporting of erm affairs foreign affairsbecause-living in Cyprus I’ve seen-quite a number of historical events you know-