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/ Language
- e.g. English
- e.g., Singapore English
- e.g., Baby talk
Style
Genre
Idiolect
speech
Accent
- e.g., intimate
- e.g., Joke
- Idiosyncrasies (particular feature) of individual
- diference of pronunciation (often associated
with regional dialect).
7. Dialect
diference between kinds of language in terms of vocabulary and
grammar as well as pronunciation (sometimes really separate language,
or "languages" are really just dialects); regional and ethnic association.
9. Standard
-the dialect or variety of the dominant socioeconomic group
-often the written variety, or that taught in class
- sometimes a 'high' variety (cf. "Diglossia" article)
10. Lingua Franca
second language spoken by common agreement by people from
diferent language communities for social, economic or political
purposes.
11. Pidgin
lingua franca with no native speakers (so-called "broken"); results from
merger of two or more languages, involving simplification so that a
new, but rudimentary language emerges in a special contact situation;
there are fewer lexical items, simpler grammar, and reduction of
stylistic range.
12. Creolization
occurs when children learn a pidgin as a first language, which then
becomes the creole, reacquiring the characteristics of a full language.
13. Slang
Cant
Argot
Jargon