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- Differences from formal language
- Examples of colloquial language expressions
- Characteristics of colloquial language
- Colloquial language in mathematics
- Colloquial language and vulgar language
The colloquial language it is the use of language in an informal and relaxed context. It is the common language that people use to communicate with each other. For example: great, that is, maybe.
- See also: Oral and written language
Differences from formal language
It is important to differentiate colloquial language from formal language, which is used in most written expressions.
In written language, the sender is defined but the receiver is not (as in newspapers or books). For this reason, you do not have the freedom to take licenses to save words or use expressions derived from orality.
Informal expressions can be incorporated in conversations (with family, friends, at work) because the sender and the receiver recognize each other as members of the communication circuit.
For a long time, the traditional approach to literature did not give much importance to colloquial language, considering that academics should not have any connection with the ways in which people communicate with each other.
Examples of colloquial language expressions
- Maybe.
- What he wanted to say?
- You understand me?
- What if we go to the cinema instead of the theater?
- Haven't you watched TV?
- It was luxurious.
- Change that face, will you?
- Great!
- Come over here, mija.
- That is.
- How old he is!
- He is stupider than a donkey.
- I'm going there, wait for me.
- Where were you?
- They are nail and dirt.
- There you see yourself.
- The child does not eat me, I am worried.
- Hi!
- How is everything?
- Diana decided to stop coming to classes.
- Come pa ’ca.
- He talks up to his elbows.
- You went over the board!
- It is more useless than the ashtray of a motorcycle.
- Put the batteries on.
- Cool!
- How's it going?
- It's a piece of cake.
- You always see rosy things.
- What is your name?
Characteristics of colloquial language
The theory of grammar must have started to think about the characteristics of this form of language:
- It is mostly oral, since it is transmitted spontaneously and the written work is not the main space for dissemination.
- It is makeshift, subject to the presence of imperfections that modify it, according to the passing of the generations.
- It is expressive, as it has affective attributes and exclamatory and interrogative expressions stand out.
- It is inaccurate, because some words do not have a defined scope. There is no colloquial language dictionary, so it is possible for words to get covered or leave gaps in their definitions.
- Attaches great importance to intonation and to phonetic hesitations, as well as to dialect and the contraction of words between them.
- Nouns and verbs predominate.
- Interjections and phrases are used, as well as links and pronouns in a generalized way.
- Comparisons are used excessively.
Colloquial language in mathematics
In the particular area of mathematics, colloquial language is called the way in which expressions such as equations can be named, but in written form: it is opposed to the symbolic language that uses algebraic tools such as parentheses or signs of mathematical operations.
For example, say: Triple an X number is to use colloquial language, while saying 3 * X is to use symbolic language for the same expression.
- It can help you: Algebraic language
Colloquial language and vulgar language
In some cases, colloquial language is called Vulgar languageBut the truth is that formally they do not mean the same thing: vulgar language has a rather transgressive connotation, since it appeals to vulgarisms and is contextualized in environments with little training.
- See also: Vulgarisms
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- Language functions
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