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Register (sociolinguistics)

In sociolinguistics, a register is a variety of language used for a particular purpose or particular communicative situation. For example, when speaking officially or in a public setting, an English speaker may be more likely to follow prescriptive norms for formal usage than in a casual setting, for example, by pronouncing words ending in -ing with a…

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Register as formality scale

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Register (sociolinguistics)

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples8
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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language register used use text diatype english term sociolinguistics dialect tenor among one may variation terms rather formality genre style

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registerinstance ofscholarly consensus has not been reached for the definitions of terms0.80text
fieldinstance ofscholarly consensus has not been reached for the definitions of terms0.80text
or tenorinstance ofscholarly consensus has not been reached for the definitions of terms0.80text
sociolinguisticsinstance ofThese various approaches to the concept of register fall within the scope of disciplines0.80text
social backgroundinstance ofdefined by variables0.80text
geographyinstance ofdefined by variables0.80text
sexinstance ofdefined by variables0.80text
ageinstance ofdefined by variables0.80text

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