Language Register

For my magazine the language register will be mostly formal , there will be the odd page in the magazine that will some slightly informal euphemisms  . You shouldn't expect there to be the type of language you would see in a hip-hop / R&B magazine that would feature drake , but as the magazine could include interviews with bands you could expect to here swear words and other taboo language . You could expect a lot of festival Jargon to feature and a lot of indie related jargon so the language will be very pompous and pretentious as most indie bands demand a lot of respect even when they haven't earned it . With their being a lot of indie bands featuring you should expect to see many neologisms in the language register throughout as many bands will have made up words that most of the reading audience wouldn't understand , the coincides with the exclusiveness of the magazine as it is only aimed at a niche audience who can relate to the language . Language and power will also feature in my magazine , as many of the bands will hold influential power over the reader as they are seen as icons and are loved .There will be many monosyllabic words as bands may not want to give anything away when being interviewed , but on the other hand there could be polysyllabic words as when bands are being interviewed they could be over pretentious and steel all of the limelight . From looking through many other popular music magazines and also analysing them it is clear that the language in them is also fairly informal , many of the interviews in the NME magazine have very informal taboo language , which will also typically be in my magazine too as their will be interviews with many pretentious indie bands that wont be phased by the language they use . Also it is clear to see that they keep the language very simple , but they also make it very creative by slipping in the language techniques when they are needed to give the text they are writing that extra depth . And this is what I will attempt to do in my magazine , the language used may not be very formal , but I will try as much as possible to get the language techniques into the text to make them simple but effective .