FORMAL OR INFORMAL?

1. What is basic vocabulary?

Basic vocabulary is the central group of vocabulary whose stylistic neutrality makes it possible to use

them in all kinds of situation, both formal and informal, in verbal and written communication.

2. What is informal vocabulary?

Informal vocabulary induces words which are often used in one's immediate circle: family, relatives or friends. Informal vocabulary consists of: colloquial, slang, dialect words and word-groups.

3. What are colloquial words?

Colloquial words are word which are often used in every in every day in conversational speech by educated and uneducated people of all age groups.

4. What is slang?

Slang is language of a highly colloquial style, considered as below the level of standard educated speech, and consisting either of new words or of current words employed in some special sense.

Eg: buck = dollar

Bean = money

Egghead = professor

Dinosaur = old-fashioned pp

Boo/booze = party

Cop = police

Jab = vaccinate

5. Dialect words?

A dialect is a variety of a language which prevails in a district, with local peculiarities of vocabulary, pronunciation and phrase.

6. What is formal vocabulary?

Formal vocabulary induces words which are mainly associated with the printed page or used in scientific prose

Formal vocabulary consists of 3 main components: learned words; archaic and obsolete words; professional terminology.

7. What are learned words?

Learned words are words mainly associated with the printed-page, in scientific prose or used in academic writing.

Eg: approximately = about

Determine = work out

Investigate = look over

Endeavour = try

8. What are archaic and obsolete words?

Archaic and obsolete words are words which are not much or no longer in use in the present day English but still found in very formal writing in poetry or in literally works.

Eg: Albeit

Hitherto

Aforesaid