Hypothetically, if I was to make notes on only 10 concepts in English language, what would be the most important? For example:
-spoken vs written vs e-communication (I know it's no longer considered a straightforward dichotomy, but still)
-formal vs informal spectrum
-features of political speech
-lexical patterning
-connected speech processes
-cohesion/coherence
-etc etc..
What would you say are the most worthwhile ~10 topics?
Hello!
Hmmm, perhaps the most prevalent concepts I've seen are:
- political correctness/euphemisms/doublespeak
- individual + group identity (connection with ethnolects, Aboriginal English, teenspeak)
- gender identity/generational identity, etc.
- modes of communication + overlaps
- patterning (like literally
all the patterning: phonological, morphological, lexical, semantic, syntactic)
- cohesion
- coherence
- formality/informality/mixed register
- SAE/non-SAE
- Australian English/identity
Might have missed some topics though, since that's what I can think of off the top of my head.