Synonym(s):

• careful speech
• formal speech

Antonym(s):

• casual speech
• casual style
• familiar style
• informal speech
• informal style

Source(s):

WALES 1989185-186
RUWET 1973[trans.]20
GUMPERZ & HYMES 1972235
ARNDT & JANNEY 1987154-155
FINCH 2000235
AKMAJIAN etal. 1984297-299
LYONS 1977580
HUDSON 1996160
TRUDGILL 1974110
MATTHEWS 1997133

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