5 speech styles
SPEECH
FORMS
PURPOSE
OF
STYLE
OF
BY
THE
A
IS
DISTINCT
LANGUAGE
PARTICULAR
LANGUAGE
CHARACTERIZED
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THE
THAT
BY
USED
FOR
SITUATION
THE
THE
VARIATIONS
SPEAKER
DEGREE
OF
THE
OR
SAME
THE
USES.
OR
IT
FORM
IS
FORMALITY.
INTIMATE
Intimate language style is the most
CASUAL
casual style in communication. It is
usually used between family
members, close friends, couple, and
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all of relations that show intimacy.
Casual style is a style used in
According to Joos (1976: 155),
informal (casual) situation and
intimate language style is an
using informal language. The
utterance to avoid giving the
relationship between speaker and
addressee information outside of the
hearer is close, so they usually use
speaker's skin.
words or term repetition and
frequently use ellipse sentences
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CONSULTATIVE
(Haryanto, 2001:105).
It is formal and
societal
expectations
accompany the users
of this speech.
FORMAL
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A formal speech is the
preplanned type of speech
CASUAL
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that is usually given to a
large audience at formal
Frozen speech style is usually used
or professional events,
in formal settings. It is the most
such as business lectures
formal style of communication
wherein the audience is not
allowed to raise questions to the
speaker. It is a style of
communication that almost never
changes. It has a fixed and static
language and uses long sentences
with good command of grammar.
or family celebrations.