LANGUAGE REGISTERS

EVERY LANGUAGE HAS 5 REGISTERS

Frozen Formal Consultative Casual Intimate

FROZEN

Pledge of Allegiance

Lord’s Prayer

Preamble to Constitution

FORMAL

Interviews

Academic language in classroom

Public speaking

CASUAL

Talking with friends

Slang

Abbreviations

Drafts

CONSULTATIVE

Used when speaking with colleagues, peers, boss, etc.

A mix of formal and casual register

INTIMATE

Private Conversations

Husband and wife

Siblings Use in sexual

harassment