Monday, 10 May 2010

Register and Pragmatics

Register
• Understanding register is the next step
• Children need to learn that vocabulary choices and grammatical constructions affect the overall tone.

Pragmatics
• As writing matures – pragmatic awareness becomes more sophisticated
• This maybe experimenting with a humorous or serious tone.
• There may be a developing idiolect in the writing and an awareness of audience.
• It is less mechanical

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