INAPPR: Use of Inappropriate Linguistic Style or Register
| INAPPR: Use of Inappropriate Linguistic Style or Register | |
|---|---|
| Category | Negative Rhetorical Effects |
| Balaghascore.com | |
| Code | A-15 |
| BalaghaBase.org | |
| Code | Q139 |
| Cite this page | |
| 🔗 DOI | 10.64393/balagha.Q139 |
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| Taxonomy | |
| ARDT | v0.1.0, v0.1.1 |
Definition
The communicator should use a linguistic style and register which is appropriate to the subject matter and the intended audience.[1] For example:
- A scientific article would use relevant technical jargon and an academic style of writing to convey factual information,
- A work of fiction such as a novel may use imagery and figurative language to evoke an emotional response in the reader,
- A non-fiction work such as a book of national history may mix factual and non-factual stylistic elements to convince the reader.
Use of an inappropriate linguistic style or register detracts from the rhetorical effect of a text.
References
- ↑ Ayman Amin Abd Al-Ghani, Al-Kāfī fī al-Balāgha: Al-Bayān, wa al-Badiʿ wa al-Maʿānī (Cairo: Dār al-Tawfīqiyya lil-Turāth, 2011), 414-418.
Page history
- 2026-02-11 - Migration to Semantic Device Identifiers: Renamed from D-6: Use of Inappropriate Linguistic Style and Register to INAPPR: Use of Inappropriate Linguistic Style or Register.
- 2025-11-20 - Page incorporated into the Arabic Rhetorical Device Taxonomy (v0.1.1).
- 2024-04-22 - Page created: Use of Appropriate Linguistic Style and Register.
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