Soal Pertemuan 10
Gaya bahasa (Style), Konteks dan Register
(reference: Holmes, Ch 10)
Group work
Use separate pieces of paper to answer these questions:
1. Media usually is targeted to certain group of people. Take two different
newspapers; say Pos Kota and Kompas, then find an article in each of the
papers that report on the same news. Compare the two articles, paying
attention to the way the reporters wrote the news, and vocabulary they
use. Write a page or two on the similarities and differences.
2. Radio stations claim to have unique group of people as their listeners. For
example, Pass FM claims to be “Radio Bisnis Jakarta”, and Hard Rock FM
is mainly for young people who love Rock music.
Record 2 pieces of news reports (one from each station) and compare the
language use.
3. What are the similarities and differences in the language of novels and
poems?
4. More and more people are interested in the language of advertising. Look
at the vocabulary used in advertisements (or on the packaging labels) of
cosmetics products. Choose 7-10 cosmetics advertisements, and note
down the adjectives used in them (e.g. silky smooth, soft, etc.). List ten
most widely used adjectives in these advertisements.