CHAPTER 4

TYPES OF SPEECH STYLE

LESSON 1
INTIMATE REGISTER

• speech that depicts familiarity and close relationship

between two communicators
• style of speech is not meant for public communication;
rather, it is best used two people
• Because of this, the language used highly informal and
grammar is nonstandard
• The form of address is direct, using “I” and “you”
statements, through pronouns may be dropped
alltogether
LESSON TWO
CASUAL REGISTER
• Is an in-group language. One has to belong to the group
to truly understand what is being said.
• Differences in age, nationality, regional background,
ethnicity, or even socioeconomic status distuingish one
group from another in region that otherwise shares the
same language
• People talking know one another and share a common
perspective, no background information needs to given
• A large part of casual language, and a human
phenomenon, is SLANG
SLANG

• Is informal speech , often shared across group, that uses

language colorful, figurative, personal, and even obscene
way.
• Slang is the language of subsculture.
LESSON THREE
CONSULTATIVE REGISTER
• Is used to convey factual information. More background
information is given when someone is consulting.
• Previous knowledge is not just assumed like it is in less
formal registers
• Often used in professional setting. This can include a
teacher student conference, a consultation between
doctor and patient or lawyer and client.
• Another feature of consultative language is the back-
channel behavior such as saying “Oh” “I see” “Hmmm”
LESSON FOUR
FORMAL REGISTER or ACADEMIC
STYLE
• Is one way kind of communication. Unlike in
consultative speech, interruptions are usually not allowed.
While back channel behavior may be present, it may not
be observed by the speaker or responded to directly
• Formal language includes more complete sentences than
the intimate and casual register. It also includes complex
sentence
LESSON FIVE
FORMAL REGISTER
• Is used for printed and unchanging language.
examples :
Alma Mater hymn
Pledge of Allegiance to the Philippine flag
• Frozen speech rarely requires feedback. Back channel
responses are seldom, if ever appropriate, since these
styles are usually read formal, ceremonial occasions. Due
to its static and often historic nature, frozen speech is
often full of archaic terms ( e.g, “Thou shalt not” in the
ten commandments)