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Title

5 Registers of Language

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Subject

Language - English

Level

10th Grade

Created

12/16/2010

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Term

frozen

Definition

printed unchanging language, such as a bible quotation; often containing archaisms

Term

formal

Definition

lecture, business setting, one person reading

Term

consultative conversation

Definition

no casual language or slang, an actual conversation, an interview

Term

casual

Definition

how we talk to our friends, slang is common

Term

intimate

Definition

phrases that only family or close friends can understand. Intonation (private vocabulary) is more important than wording or grammar