Explore: Informal Language

called colloquial language, colloquial speech, everyday language, or general parlance) is the linguistic style used for casual and informal communication

Informal fallacies are a type of incorrect argument in natural language. The source of the error is not necessarily due to the form of the argument, as

differences. Differences in grammar and lexicon become more marked as language becomes more informal. While phonetic differences also decrease with greater formality

writes that the label "informal logic" covers a "collection of normative approaches to the study of reasoning in ordinary language that remain closer to

the 9th century, was mainly used by women. Hiragana was seen as an informal language, whereas katakana and kanji were considered more formal and were typically

to informal speech at any time within the history of Latin, and the kind of informal Latin that had begun to move away from the written language significantly

is a name applied to amateur radio Morse code operators who engage in informal Morse code conversations (known as chewing the rag) while discussing subjects

An informal economy (informal sector or grey economy) is the part of any economy that is neither taxed nor monitored by any form of government. Although

identifiable as, or originate from, a specific dialect. The orthography of informal language follows that of the formal. However, in signalling the former in writing

distance, familiarity and politeness. The differences between formal and informal language include: using surnames vs. given names; using vs. not using honorific