Speech vs. Writing: Key Differences and Similarities
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Speech
- Transient
- Additive or 'rhapsodic'
- Aggregative
- Redundant or 'copious'
- Loosely structured grammatically
- People-centered
- Context dependent
Writing
- Permanent
- Hierarchically ordered within the clause structure
- Medium for logical reasoning
- Tends to avoid redundancy
- Structured grammatically, compact
- Topic-centered
- Context-reduced
Similarities
- Both depend on their culture
- Both change in different situations
Differences
- Speech is transient, writing is permanent
- Speech is loosely grammatically, writing is lexically and grammatically compact
Relationship between Language and Culture in Language Study
- Native speakers
- Cross-cultural
Key Linguistic Concepts
Footing
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