informalsounding
Informalsounding is a term used in linguistics and related fields to describe the perceived informality of speech or writing. The phrase is not universally standardized and can be used differently across studies and industries, but it generally refers to cues that signal a casual register to listeners or readers.
In spoken language, informalsounding arises from a combination of prosody, articulation, and lexical choices. Casual speech
In written text, informalsounding is conveyed through contractions, informal spellings, emojis or emoticons, exclamation marks, and
Perception of informalsounding is subjective and culturally conditioned, which makes it a variable target in evaluation.
See also: sociolinguistics, register, style, discourse analysis, natural language processing.