TYPES OF SPEECH

CONTEXT
 HOW CAN YOU SAY I LOVE YOU
WITHOUT TELLING “I LOVE YOU”?
The words “I love you” did not always express the
deepest feeling of a person can have toward
another.

I cherish thee.
Speech acts relate to actions done by saying them.

Speech context can be intrapersonal, interpersonal,

public, and intercultural.
 COMMUNICATION SETTING

Informal

Formal
TYPES OF SPEECH
STYLES
 SPEECH STYLES

Speech Styles are patterns of speaking

characterized by distinctive pronunciation,
vocabulary, intent, participants, and grammatical
structures.
 FIVE KINDS OF SPEECH STYLES

According to Martin Joos

1. Intimate Style
-used between people who have very close relationship such as
family members, best friends, and couples.
-brings two already close people much closer to each other
-does not care about grammar or pronunciation
 FIVE KINDS OF SPEECH STYLES

According to Martin Joos

2. Casual Style
Conversation style used among friends
Uses a lot of trendy words and phrases
Speaks in incomplete or elided sentences
Uses of slangs
Does not need to be careful about grammar, pronunciation, or
choice of words
 FIVE KINDS OF SPEECH STYLES

According to Martin Joos

3. Consultative Style
Style in which speaker constantly observes the listener’s verbal and nonverbal cues for
feedback
Speaker does not know how much the listener knows about the topic
Speaker pronounces words well, chooses words carefully, and speaks in complete sentences
Speaker elaborates and explains well
Limited listeners
Closely connected to information as function of communication
Does not result in closeness between people
 FIVE KINDS OF SPEECH STYLES

According to Martin Joos

4. Formal Style
Does not matter how the participants’ relationship to each other
Requires careful attention to producing well-formed sentences
and to coherent, very logically-organized speech
Uses a lot of Latinism
Plans speeches in advance
 FIVE KINDS OF SPEECH STYLES

According to Martin Joos

5. Frozen Style
Very formal style
Exists as literature for a given community
Entire text is produced in advance
 ACTIVITY
By group, perform a role play portraying the speech