Register and Lexical Relations

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dc.contributor.authorBalogun, Janet, B.
dc.contributor.authorDurosinmi, Muhideen, O.
dc.contributor.authorInyang, Utitofon, E.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-11T08:36:44Z
dc.date.available2019-06-11T08:36:44Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-01
dc.description.abstractHuman beings speak and write in different ways depending on the situation and context of language use. Linguistic variables such as participants,field, mode, tenor. etc., account for HOW and WHY language users speak in a given situation. Whenever linguistic choices are selected to feature certain peculiarities of language use particularly within a given context, it is referred to as Register. Halliday, Mackintosh and Stevens (1964) see register as language "variety according to use". Register, therefore, is the distinctive use of words in a particular field. Register exhibits professionalism because it reflects familiarity with a subject matter, whether in speech or writing. Thus, certain vocabularies are seen to be appropriate in particular fields of discourse. For instance, there are vocabularies inherently associated to the field of sciences, humanities, economics, sports and entertainment, politics, religion, etc.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-38291-1-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2107
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of English, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeriaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSecond Edition;
dc.subjectLexical Relationsen_US
dc.subjectSemantic Relationsen_US
dc.subjectLinguistic Variablesen_US
dc.subjectContexten_US
dc.titleRegister and Lexical Relationsen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US

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