Informalisation (Norman Fairclough)
Informalisation also referred to as conversationalization.
Barriers between different social groups and classes have broken down, meaning that nowadays society is far less formal. Norman Fairclough is a key theorist to mention in your exam about this process!
Language features of Informalisation include:
Barriers between different social groups and classes have broken down, meaning that nowadays society is far less formal. Norman Fairclough is a key theorist to mention in your exam about this process!
Language features of Informalisation include:
- Change in the style and register of many genres
- Short sentences
- Colloquial lexis
- Idioms
- Absence of Latinate lexis
- Informal terms of address
- Vague terms