Hello everyone. Welcome to Big Data and Language. Today, let's keep learning about the registers. Are you're ready? Let's get started. The third register that I want to introduce to you is Consultative register. So this is the register used when consulting an expert such as a doctor. This language is used more precise and the speaker is likely to address the expert by a title such as Dr., Mr., or Mrs. Some sources say this register is a formal register used in conversation. So this consultative register, depending on the researchers, this consultative register could be part of the formal register. So let me give you an example. When strangers meet, because they do not know each other well, so they are polite and very formal, and also communications between a superior and a subordinate and also doctor and patient, lawyer and client, or lawyer and judge, teacher and student, counselor and client. So let me give you a more example. This conversation is between the doctor and a patient. So a doctor said, "Hello, can I get your name, please." The patients said that, "My name is Nick Smith." The doctor said, "Thank you. How may I help you?" Then the patient said that, "My stomach hurts." The doctor said, "How long have you had the pain?" The patient said, "About three days." The doctor said, "What kind of pain? What does it feel like?" So this conversation is very regular in the similar situation. So a doctor wants to get your name first and also want to get the symptom. Once you as a patient, describe your symptoms and the doctor wants to know more about this symptom. So that's why a doctor asks you what kind of pain, what does it feel like. Let's get moving on. So a doctor said, "Are you taking any medicines? What do you take the pills for?" The patient said, "I take them for high blood pressure." The doctor said that, "I see." Do you have any allergies?" The patients said, "No, I'm not allergic to anything." The doctor said, "Mr. Smith, please come with me", and just move to another room to analyze or treat something. So this case, again, after getting the name and symptom and the details of symptoms, the doctor wants to know about more about the patient, whether he or she, the patient is taking any medicines or that for what? For high blood pressure or any other things, and also what about allergies, whether a patient has any allergies or not. So then patients said that, "No, I'm not allergic to anything." So these are all medical background to up the patients. So this one is the consultative register conversation between a doctor and a patient. So this one was the example of consultative register. Now, let's move to another register, which one is Casual register. This is an informal language used by peers and friends. So slang or colloquial are normal. Colloquialisms are normal and this is a group language, and one must be a member to engage in this register. So for example, between buddies or teammates, or you can use this casual register chats and e-mails with your friends and also maybe blogs. Depending on the purpose of blogs. Blogs could be formal, but depending on the purpose. If you want to use your blog to just share the information with your friends, your family, or any private reason, then you may want to use casual register, and letters to friends. So this register is conversational in tone and also, it is the language used among and between friends. Words are general, rather than technical. So for example, we do not have any technical terminology. Rarely have, instead, more like basic vocabulary. So again, Rita Mae Brown said that this register speakers are more likely to use vocabulary words within a Anglo-Saxon or a dramatic root. So let me give you an example. Dialog. This one is along friends. So three of them, they seem they are friends and they were talking about some topic in their daily conversations. So let's take a look. So Sarah said, "It is fine with me. Where do you want to meet?" Christy said, "Let's meet at Summer Pizza House. I have not gone there for a long time." Laurie said that, "Good idea again, I' heard they just came out with a new pizza. It should be good because Summer Pizza house always has the best pizza in town." Then Sarah said, "When should meet?" Christy said, "Well, the movie is shown at 2:00 PM, 4:00 PM, 6:00 PM, and 8:00 PM." Laurie said, "Why don't we go to the 2:00 PM show? We can meet as Summer Pizza House at noon. They will give us plenty of time to enjoy our pizza." Sarah said, "My cousin Karen is in town. Can I bring her along? I hate to leave her home alone." So in that dialogue, we find some characteristics of a casual register. For example, we can find a lot of beavers. There are a lot of beavers in this dialogue, such as, it is fine with me, it is, is, and also the movie is shown and Karen, my cousin Karen is in town. So this is, and also other basic verbs as well, such as has or meet. So let's meet at Summer Pizza House, and also the pizza house always has the best pizza in town. So another basic verb, have, and when should we meet. So meet again. Another, we can meet at the Summer Pizza House at noon. So using the basic verbs again and again, that's really no problem in the daily conversation. However, if you use these basic verbs a lot in your academic writing or any kind of formal register, that might be the problem. Let's think about that. If you use verbs a lot when you describe something in your academic writing, like using have all the time or give all the time, you might want to say, "provide the evidence "instead of give the evidence. You might want to say, instead of "has the characteristics", you might want to stay, "includes some characteristics". So the usage of vocabulary is very different in the different registers. So today, we've talked about consultative register and casual register. Then next time we'll we'll learn about another final register, which one is intimate register. Thank you for your attention.
