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This document discusses different types of language varieties and registers. It defines language variety as a distinguishable variant of a language, and provides examples of types including pidgin, creole, dialect, and indigenized variety. It then defines language register as the way language is used differently in different circumstances. Examples of register types given are frozen, formal, consultative, casual, and intimate. Rules of the formal register are also enumerated. The document concludes by providing examples of differences between British and American English terms.

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Activity 1. Comprehension Questions

This document discusses different types of language varieties and registers. It defines language variety as a distinguishable variant of a language, and provides examples of types including pidgin, creole, dialect, and indigenized variety. It then defines language register as the way language is used differently in different circumstances. Examples of register types given are frozen, formal, consultative, casual, and intimate. Rules of the formal register are also enumerated. The document concludes by providing examples of differences between British and American English terms.

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Activity 1.

Comprehension questions

1. What is language variety?


It is a distinguishable variant of a language. This means that there are a large numbers of
varieties of any given language.

2. Identify the types of language variety and give 2 examples each.


Pidgin - a new language which develops in situations where speakers of different
languages need to communicate but don’t share a common language.
Ex: - Nigerian Pidgin - Bislama (spoken in Vanuatu)
Creole - is a distinct language which has taken most of its vocabulary from another
language, the lexifier, but has its own unique grammatical rules.
Ex: - Gullah - Jamaican Creole
Dialect - a regional or social variety of a language characterized by its own phonological,
syntactic, and lexical properties.
Ex: - Northern American - Southern American
Minority Dialect - a particular minority ethnic group have their own variety which they
use as a marker of identity, usually alongside a standard variety.
Ex: - London Jamaican in Britain - Aboriginal English in Australia
Indigenized Variety - spoken mainly as second languages in ex-colonies with multi-
lingual population.
Ex: - Singlish in Singapore - Taglish in Philippines

3. What is language register?


Way of speaker uses language differently in different circumstances.

4. Identify the types of language register and give 2 examples each.


Frozen - sometimes called as the static register because it refers to historic language or
communication that is intended to remain unchanged, like a constitution or prayer.
Ex: - National Pledge - Bible Verses
Formal - less rigid but still constrained, the formal register is used in professional,
academic, or legal settings where communication is expected to be respectful, uninterrupted,
and restrained.
Ex: - Business Letters - Reports
Consultative - people uses this register often in conversation when they’re speaking with
someone who has specialized knowledge or who is offering advice.
Ex: - Conversation between doctors and patients - Conversation between teachers and
students
Casual - people uses this register when they’re with friends, close acquaintances and
coworkers, and family.
Ex: - Conversation between you and your friends - Conversation between you and your
teammates
Intimate - this register is reserve for special occasions, usually between only two peopl and
often in private.
Ex: - Conversation between family members - Conversation between spouses
5. Enumerate the Rules of the formal language register.
a. Do not use contractions
b. Spell out numbers less than one hundred
c. Write in third person point of view
d. Avoid using too much passive voice
e. Avoid using slang, idioms, exaggeration (hyperboles) and cliches
f. Avoid abbreviations and acronyms
g. Do not start sentences with words like and, so, but, also
h. Always write in complete sentences
i. Write longer, more complex sentences

6. Supply what is asked in the following.

British English vs. American English


Example

Car park Parking lot


Biscuit cookie

1. Flat Apartment
2. University College
3. Holiday Vacation
4. Crisps Chips
5. Chips (French) Fries
6. The cinema The movies
7. Soft drink / Fizzy drink Soda/ Pop/ Coke/ Soft Drink
8. Jumper Sweater
9. Postbox Mailbox
10. Football Soccer
.

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