Frameworks for style models

Frameworks

- Lexis

·         HFL, LFL –High frequency/Low Frequency

·         Formal/Informal register.

·         Tone (specialist audience)

·         Jargon

·         Lexical fields [Semantic field]

·         Expectations

·         Sociolect = Language associated with certain group.

·         Adjective/Verb/Noun, etc. IDENTIFY THE WORD.

-Grammar

·         Structure

·         Sentences (Complex, simple, compound)

·         Complex syntax has a MAIN CLAUSE. SUBORDINATE CLAUSE.

·         Subordinate clause is dependent on main clause.

·         COMPOUND SENTENCES ARE TWO MAIN CLAUSES JOINED BY AN ‘AND’ OR ‘BUT’.

·         Minor syntax. One word.

·         Sentence types: Imperative, Declarative, Explanative, Interrogative.

·         Tenses change the structure of words.

·         Present simple: Factual!

·         Disguise opinion as fact

·         Morphology: HOW WORDS ARE STRUCTURED!!! (I.e. Home + Less = Homeless. Noun into adjective).

·         Universal prefixes and suffixes, i.e. add “un” to an adjective (i.e. helpful becomes unhelpful).

- Graphology

·         Font!

·         Imagery? Size of imagery?

·         How does it look?

·         Name.

·         Expect certain things from a certain source.