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
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