I am a lecturer in English at Khawaja Fared Govt. College Rahim Yar Khan. Here is my humble effort to discuss Register.

1. REGISTER

2. Meeting With Prime Minster of
Pakistan.

3. Meeting With Prime Minster of
Pakistan.

4. With Friend

6. Register
• Register is the linguistic features
which are typically associated with a
configuration of situational features.
M. A. K. Halliday

7. Register
• A register is a variety of language used for a
particular purpose or in a particular
communicative situation.
Wikipedia.

8. Register
• A register can also reflect the specific style
of language one uses. For example, one
could speak or write in a business register,
a scientific register, a legal-law register, or
an academic register.

9. Types of Register.
Formal Register
Informal Register

10. Formal Register
• Formal registers can
include everything from
an academic essay to
wedding vows.

11. Formal Register
• The academic essay is
formal because it includes
polished speech, complex
sentences, and precise
vocabulary.

12. Formal Register
• The wedding vows are an
example of extremely
formal language that must
be said the same way each
time as part of a ritual.

13. Informal Register
• Informal language occurs between
people who know each other well
and who speak without trying to be
'proper'. Sometimes this includes
speaking in slang and other times it's
simply a more casual delivery.

14. Informal Register
To a waiter at a fancy
restaurant.
'Could you bring us more
coffee, please?'

15. Informal Register
At your hangout with friend.
'Can I get a little more coffee
here?‘
when you've reached the
bottom of your cup

16. Difference B/w Style & Register
Register
• It is associated with a specific
speech situation.
• Register often refers to the
specific vocabulary chosen and
expected in connection with a
particular speech situation.
Style
• It is associated with a specific
speech situation.
• Style also includes grammatical
and vocabulary variations.

17. Difference B/w Style & Register
Register
• A register is a linguistic variety
regarded as appropriate to use in
a particular speech situation.
Register is usually associated with
a particular speech situation
(Kortmann)
Style
• The term ‘style’ is also
occasionally used to refer to
situational variation. However, it
includes variation in grammatical
structures, too.
(Kortmann)

18. JARGON

19. Jargon
Jargon refers to the specialized language of
a professional or occupational group.
E.g. lawyers use legalese, while academics
use academese.

20. Jargon
• Jargon is the complex language
used by experts in a certain
discipline or field. This language
often helps experts communicate
with clarity and precision.

21. Jargon
• Jargon is the specialized terminology associated with
a particular field or area of activity. Jargon is
normally employed in a particular communicative
context and may not be well understood outside that
context.

22. Example of Jargon
“Metabolic Syndrome”
A group of risk factors that increase the
likelihood of heart attack and stroke.

23. Example of Jargon
“Tachycardia”
Fast heart rate.

24. Example of Jargon
“Chief cook and bottle-washer”
A person who holds many responsibilities.

25. Example of Jargon
“Code eight”
Term that means officer needs help
immediately

26. Difference B/w Jargon & Register
Register
• Register" refers to the level of
formality of the speech. In a
casual conversation with friends,
you will likely use more
colloquialisms, contractions, and
incomplete sentences than you
would talking to, for example, a
judge in court. The first is an
informal register, the second a
very formal one.
Jargon
• Jargon" refers to the specific lexicon
used in a profession or other
community of practice. That is,
words that outsiders wouldn't
understand, or who would use
differently--sailors, for example, talk
about "port" and "starboard"
instead of left and right. Those
terms are not used outside of a
maritime context.

27. Difference B/w Jargon & Register
Register
• Register has to do with the style
of one's language. It is formal as
opposed to informal, serious as
opposed to easygoing, friendly
and familiar as opposed to more
respectful and distant.
Jargon
• Jargon is language that is specific
to a particular profession or a
particular group of people who
share a common interest.
Oftentimes, though not always,
only people from these
professions or groups know the
meaning of their own jargon.

28. SLANG

29. SLANG
• Slang is very informal language that is
usually spoken rather than written,
used especially by particular groups of
people.
"Chicken" is slang for someone who isn't
very brave.

30. SLANG
• Slang is vocabulary that is used between people who belong
to the same social group and who know each other well. Slang
is very informal language. It can offend people if it is used
about other people or outside a group of people who do not
know each other well. Slang normally refers to particular
words and meanings but can include longer expressions and
idioms.
E.g. The slang term “hang loose” refers to giving someone the
advice to calm down and relax.

31. Example of Slang
The term “lit” refers to something that is amazing.
• Did you see her new car? It was lit.

32. Example of Slang
The phrase “on fleek” refers to something that has
reached perfection.
• My hair was on fleek this morning.

33. Example of Slang
• The term “crib” refers to someone’s living quarters
such as a home or apartment.
• Hey, you want to spend time with my friends and me
at my crib?

34. Difference B/w Jargon & Slang
Jargon
• Jargon is a professional
vocabulary that only jobholders
use.
• Jargon words are particular words
that are used in a specific
profession.
• Jargon words are uncountable
scientific terms.
Slang
• Slang is a funny language that
people use socially.
• Slang words are not specific; they
are used as funny words.
• Slang words are non- specific social
life words.

35. Difference B/w Jargon & Slang
Jargon
• Jargon is a terminology that is
comprised of specialized words
belonging to a particular trade or
profession and hard to
understand for an outsider.
• E.g. The words used by doctors
such as oncology for the study of
cancer are not understood by
common people.
Slang
• Slang is words that are commonly
used by people and accepted as a
part of the culture but not
considered fit enough or rather
those are improper to be used in
formal writing.
• E.g. Epic: If somewhat was "epic," it
was highly enjoyable.
"His latest novel was epic."

36. Difference B/w Jargon & Slang
Jargon
• Jargon is found in the speech of
the specialists.
• Jargon is a bunch of specialized
vocabulary that a group of people
have developed for use with a
specific topic. For example-
"port", "starboard", "bow",
"stern" are all examples of sailing
jargon.
Slang
• Slang is found in street language.
• Slang are words that most people
think of as "informal", or even rude
if used in polite company. They are
usually newer words that people
make up. For example: "kickass" =
slang for "amazing, cool".