Language Analysis: Audience and Purpose (AQA A-Level English Language): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
Audience in text analysis
Audience in text analysis
The people for whom the text is intended
Two categories of audience
Two categories of audience
Specific audiences & broader audiences
Four common purposes of texts
Four common purposes of texts
To inform, persuade, entertain, argue
Multiple purposes in a text
Multiple purposes in a text
Yes, a single text may have multiple purposes
Four language adaptation factors
Four language adaptation factors
Vocabulary, sentence structure, assumed knowledge, register
Tone in a text
Tone in a text
The 'voice' of text; can be formal, informal, humorous, etc.
Textual clues for audience
Textual clues for audience
Formality level, language complexity, info type, layout
Jargon
Jargon
Specialist terminology used in particular professions/groups
Slang
Slang
Informal expressions for specific age groups/subcultures
Register in language
Register in language
Formal versus informal language