To be
honest, I never really paid too much attention to the different registers of
language before. Of course I had to deal with the appropriate register at every
day’s situations depending on who I talk to and for homework assignments at
school as well as at university but I never really gave it too much thought.
However, I really tried to watch out for it in order to write this post and what
I found out is actually quite interesting.
I've already
mentioned quite a few times that I love the TV show Supernatural (Yeah I know,
I keep rambling about it over and over again and anyone reading this blog must
think I’m obsessed with it and that it might get annoying to a certain extend
but so what) and now I want to talk about the dialogues and of course their
register.
Well, first
of all the main part of the dialogues are informal as well as happening between
the two brothers Sam and Dean. These informal speeches are very direct, mostly
use rather simple language apart from some specialist terms concerning hunting
and the supernatural and are larded with swear words.
This is,
however, not the only type of language which is used since especially Sam applies more neutral to
rather formal language when talking to police officers, doctors and relatives
of the victims pretending to be an FBI agent. Also Castiel, an Angel of the
Lord (Yeah, you read right, there are not only demons but also angels on this
show) is very formal as well as stiff which is one of his overall
characteristic features.
I’m not
100% sure if this belongs to register as well but Crowley
All in all,
I personally find it very intriguing that register is this present in every
day’s life and even in a show that I watch a lot.
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