1、5.Varieties in Relation to Media Contents I.IntroductionII.Spoken English and Writen EnglishIII.Electronic EnglishIntroduction nMedia refers to graphic signs(visual medium)or sound waves(auditory medium)by means of which a message is conveyed from one person(addresser)to another(addressee).nSpoken E
2、nglish interview,football commentary,sermon,lecture,inaugural speech,debate,daily conversation,etc.nWritten English letter,news report,advertisement,poem,novel,legal document,etc.Spoken English&Writen English nDifferences 1.at the lexical level 2.at the syntactic/grammatical level 3.at the phonologi
3、cal/graphological level 4.at the semantic levelSpoken English and Writen English Lexicalicallyconversationexamplesimple,Anglo-Saxon,monosyllabic words,get,go,eat,have do,know,etc.phrasal verbs,come on,get along,shut up,pick up,look intoidioms and coloquialismspull ones leg,face the music,in the same
4、 boatvague terms,thing,many,stuff,lots of slangbabe,chick,doll,kittenjargonbarkers(for pistols)nCommon vague or general words:A.hi,Jane-I can hardly believe it+J.Arthur-Arthur Carlson+how marvelous to see you+hows your sister+A.shes fine+shes in New York+J.In New York+how marvellous+Syntacticallyn1.
5、Lack of clear sentence boundaries:Im very suspicious of the press generally and I can tell you because-not only I mean thats one case that youve given but also in their reporting of erm affairs foreign affairs-because-living in Cyprus Ive seen-quite a number of historical events you know-Syntactical
6、lyn2.Syntactic incompleteness:A:I quite like the way they done the Mile though+Its quiteB.yes-yesA:the bottom of it.Syntacticallyn3.the use of minor sentences A:What you doing here+on holiday+B:no-I work here now+teacher+at the British Council+Syntacticallyn4.repetion of the same syntactic form They
7、 go to the-Ledra Palace Hotel for example+and they sit at the bar+and they absorb you know one or two facts from a few people+but they dont know the langauge+and they dont know the people+and they dont-really know the situation+phonologically/graphologicallyconversationwriting1Phonological devicesGr
8、aphological devicesstress,intonation,Pitch pause,tempopunctuation,italicsparagraphing,Pictures,tables,charts2 paralinguistic devicesDifferent types of formatsgestures,laughers,giggles,facial expressions,Non-fluncynFather.So what have you been making Ro+Romy.Well-I was ma-Ive been making a mar-Ive be
9、en making a market+and I made it out of matchstics-and-em matchboxes-and-at the bottom of the matchboexes-I I put-I put matches-for for four legs+and I put a roof at the top+em out of paper-and then I made little things to put on it-er-.Semantically nPeople tend to be more explicit and fluent in wri
10、ting than in conversation.Electronic Englishn refers to the computer-mediated English,which can aslo be labeled by other names,such as:ncyberlanguge,internet language,elecronic langauge,etc.nEnglish used in blog,QQ,e-mail,web forum.Lexically Featuresexamplesabbreviation asap,np,ic,thx,jk,clippings n
11、et,op,site,bbblendings webish,netish,netiquettenumbers 88=bye bye,2=two/too,B4=beforeEmotions and smileys:),=*Syntactically E-EnglishfunctionsShort sentenceseffectiveElliptical sentencestime-savingActive voicemore simple and directHomeworknFinish exercises 1&4 on your notebooksnReview the old and preview the new
