Speech Styles
•Casual
•Intimate
•Formal
•Frozen
•Consultative
CASUAL STYLE
• Informal interaction among
communicators
• Characterized by a certain degree of
familiarity among colleagues, friends,
and acquaintances.
INTIMATE STYLE
• Used among very close friends, family
members, and loved ones.
• Persons you are talking with accept you as you
are, no matter what you say and how you say
it.
• Use codes peculiar/ common to you and the
person you are talking with.
FORMAL STYLE
• Follows form or structure
• Speakers prepare in advance so that the content
of his/her speech is logically organized and the
structure is polished.
• Has limited interaction with the participants
• Feedback and reaction, if the communication
situation allows, usually happen at the end of
the speech delivery.
• Public communication e.g. seminars and
conferences
FROZEN STYLE
• Lack of participation and feedback from the
receiver's end.
• Often seen in formal ceremonies and rituals
e.g. weddings, baptism, and other
proclamations with formulaic statements.
• The content is pro-forma and can be repeated
in another similar occasion.
• By virtue of the power vested upon me, I
now….
• …so help me God
• By the decree…
• We anoint you with the oil of salvation…
- The content of frozen speech style is often kept
intact until the community involved decides to
revise it.
CONSULTATIVE STYLE
• Evident among communicators who are not very
familiar to each other or between two parties who
have different social positions.
• Examples: Workers who come from different
departments, between a subordinate and an
authority, or between an expert and a lay person.
• Public information such as office policies, business
transactions, plans and matters that need to be
decided.
• Follows certain degree of formality
TYPES OF COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGY
Nomination
Turn-Taking
Topic Control
Topic Shifting
Repair
Termination