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Linguistique: Styles and Registers (lecture)
Linguistique:Styles and Registers (lecture)
Faculté de gestion: Faculté des lettres
Responsable(s): Jurg Rainer Schwyter
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Semestre d'été
2 heures par semaine
28 heures par semestre
Langue(s) d'enseignement: anglais
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Like other forms of social behaviour, language has to be appropriate to the situation and topic in which it is being used. Linguistic varieties linked to the formality of situations are called 'styles', those linked to particular types of linguistic activity or particular (professional) groups 'registers' (Trudgill 2000). This lecture-course will try to define some of the conventions associated with Modern English styles and registers and then trace their historical development through the history of English.
A selection of relevant texts will be made available in the coeur de section.