C1 SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Register & Politeness
កម្រិតនៃភាពគួរសម និងការប្រើប្រាស់ភាសា
Context: Alex has missed a major project deadline.
Audio A: Reporting to the Director (High Power Distance).
Audio B: Venting to a friend (Equal Power Distance).
Audio A: Reporting to the Director (High Power Distance).
Audio B: Venting to a friend (Equal Power Distance).
Conversation A
FORMAL / CONSULTATIVE
"I must apologize for the oversight..."
Strategies: Passive voice ("required rectification"), Latinate vocabulary ("discrepancies", "oversight"), Indirectness (Avoiding "I made a mistake").
Goal: Face-saving & Professionalism.
Goal: Face-saving & Professionalism.
Conversation B
CASUAL / INTIMATE
"Dude, I totally messed up..."
Strategies: Active voice ("I messed up"), Phrasal verbs ("mess up", "pull an all-nighter"), Slang ("Dude").
Goal: Solidarity & Emotional release.
Goal: Solidarity & Emotional release.
Formal vs. Informal Equivalents:
Click to hear the contrast.
Oversight
↔
Mess up
Rectify
↔
Fix
Discrepancy
↔
Mix-up
Inform
↔
Tell
Categorize the Phrases:
"I regret to inform you"
"My bad"
"Please ensure"
"Make sure"
👔 Formal
🧢 Casual
Task: The Mitigation Email
Context: Rewrite this casual text into a formal email to a client:
"Hey, sorry but we're gonna be late with the project cause we found some bugs."