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Lesson 3: The Language Register Flashcards

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difference in language formality

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language registers

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type of register that happens in an appropriate setting, follows accepted format and aims to inform

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Formal Register

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type of register that happens in unexpected setting, requires no format and aims to entertain

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Informal Register

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Five registers of Language

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Static
Formal
Consultative
Casual
Intimate
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register of language that rarely or never changes; it is frozen in time and content

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Static Register

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register of language that is used in formal setting and is one-way in nature

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Formal Register

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register of language that is a standard form of communication where users engaged in a mutually accepted structure of communication

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Consultative Register

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register of language that is a professional discourse

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Consultative Register

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register of language that involves the informal language used by peers and friends like slang, vulgarities, and colloquialism which are considered normal

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Casual Register

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register of language that refers to private communications

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Intimate Register

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register of language that is reserved for close family members or intimate people

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Intimate Register

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Subgroups of varieties of language

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Standard
Jargon
Colloquial 
Slang
Dialect
Patois
Creole
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the form of language that observes all grammatical rules and structures of the language

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Standard

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specified form of language with vocabulary that is associated with particular discipline such as law or medicine

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Jargon

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form of language that involves technical terms to a given profession

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Jargon

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refers to the language that is used in ordinary conversations

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Colloquial

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language that is less formal than the standard language, but not quiet informal as slang expressions

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Colloquial

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a word or an expression that has been made up or that has taken on a new meaning and is quiet popular within certain social or age groups

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Slang

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the variety of language common to a particular speech community

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Dialect

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refers to a geographical dialect which differs from the standard language spoken in a given country

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Patois

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a pidgin language that has become the native language of a speech community and is learned by children as their first language

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Creole

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It is the language that results from the contact between the language of a colonizing people and the language of the colonized people

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Creole

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A simple language that emerges when speakers do not share a common language but have to communicatie

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Pidgin

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