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Formal Language - Coggle Diagram

- - - - asserts authority + expertise
      - can build in group/ act as badge of group identity
      - high level of coherence
      - low likelihood of change over time (compared w/ slang)
      - increase formality of register due to associated prestige, power, authority (in academic/ professional contexts)
      - increase precision (amount of function words compared to other words ina discourse/text)
        
        increased lexical density
        
        longer more complicated terminology
        
        typically more nuanced
      - if audience in knowledgable can increase clarity
      - can exlude/ confuse those who arent knowledgable
  - - - discusses register
      - metaphor - compares 2 unlikely things to create cohesion
      - similie - explicit comparison of 2 things
      - (ETC)
      - word play-
        
        irony
        
        oxymoron
        
        puns
        
        lexical ambiguity
      - aids cohesion as it allows shared connections to be drawn between abstract concepts
    - - intention can be good or bad
        
        good= prevent harm or offense
        
        bad= hide information with malintent
      - used to navigate sensitive/ taboo topics to avoid offense
        
        increase formality
      - supports social harmony by lessening impact of a statement
        
        widens appeal, meets politeness standards
      - can lead to communication IF information needed to be CLEAR
      - can obfuscate with deliberate vagueness
        
        power imbalance created
    - - purposely ambuiguous
      - overly euphemistic
      - misleading
      - aims to obfuscate
      - relies heavily on inference and implication
- - - - topic managament
  - - - field, audience, register, mode, setting
      - how is audience affected
      - prestige/ authority present ?
    - - values, ideas, beliefs, attitudes
      - in-group and out-group