The role of situation in individual style
Gracheva M (2023)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2023
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Book Volume: 5
Pages Range: 205-239
Issue: 2
Journal Issue: 2
DOI: 10.1075/rs.23005.gra
Abstract
The study adopts a cross-register approach to style, examining style with relation to the situation of use. While register tends to be avoided by style research as a confounding variable, this investigation of the styles of four American presidents in memoirs, official letters, and public addresses illustrates that adding a register dimension leads to a more accurate, nuanced analysis. The study identifies linguistic features associated with register vs. style variation in the corpus and analyzes intraspeaker differences across registers with regard to the following functional categories: information density, oral style, situation-dependent discourse, and narration vs. immediacy. The results indicate that even authors with a well-defined individual style consistently adjust their language to the demands of the situation, with the most noticeable differences lying between strictly regimented literate registers and the more oral, less conventionalized ones.
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APA:
Gracheva, M. (2023). The role of situation in individual style. Register Studies, 5(2), 205-239. https://doi.org/10.1075/rs.23005.gra
MLA:
Gracheva, Marianna. "The role of situation in individual style." Register Studies 5.2 (2023): 205-239.
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