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Introduction
,Languages are first spoken, then written
and then an understanding
Written
planned
organized
transactional
Spoken
unplanned
less structured
interactive
Repeating
first draft status
vocabulary
grammar
intonation
Variation in speed
Loudness or
quietness
Gestures - body
language
Intonation
Stress
Rhythm
Pausing and
phrasing
THE Differences
written
&
spoken
between
Main Differences
Sounds
VS
letters
Vocabulary
&
Sentences
Permanency
&
Redundancy
Formality
&
Function
Strategies
interaction
Between
listener and speaker
Formality-1
:Examples
, A written note might say
?Would you like to go out to lunch"
The person who would write that note,
,might alternatively say, in person
"?You wanna go out for lunch "
Grammatically-2
more verb based phrases
(e.g. having treatment (W), being treated
(S), hospital care (W), go to hospital (S))
more predicative adjectives
(misleading statistics (W), statistics are
misleading (S))
fewer complex words and phrases
Examples
because
kuz
"I don't wanna go to the party,
kuz it sounds boring."
bet you
betcha
"I betcha can't eat ten hot
dogs!"
could have + consonant
kuda
got you
gotcha
"I gotcha that candy bar you
asked for."
has to
hasta
"He hasta know how much he
means to me."
have to
hafta
"I hafta clean the house
before I go out."
Pronunciation- 4
Written:
I want to go to the store
Spoken :
I wanna go duh the store
If you doubt that "to" becomes "duh,"
Finally .. Redundancy
Repetition is built in to language it self
&
Necessary for effective
COMMUNICATION
Conclusion
We treat written and spoken language as of
EQUAL IMPORTANCE