Identify key points Exercise:
Listen to the beginning of a lecture on language and try to identify the important information in the notes. Underline it or put a star beside it. A sentence from the lecture is shown here along with a star beside the corresponding point in the notes to give you an example.
- find key point
- delete examples
EXAMPLE
"And this is important-standard language is appropriate in both speech and writing." Notes: *appropriate speech + writing
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Definition + comparison = three types of language
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Standard usage
Permanent core
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definitions words + phrases found in dictionary
used formal + informal situations
*appropriate speech + writing
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Colloquial language
Often evolves into standard
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included in dictionary marked as colloquial idioms
understood + used in informal situations, not formal
more common in speech
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Slang expressions
Temporary phenomenon
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sometimes in dictionary marked as slang
used by some speakers in informal situations
more common in speech
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Continuum
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most formal-least formal
standard-colloquial-slang
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