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  2. Register (sociolinguistics) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Linguistics - Wikipedia

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    Linguistics is the scientific study of language. [1] [2] [3] Linguistics is based on a theoretical as well as a descriptive study of language and is also interlinked with the applied fields of language studies and language learning, which entails the study of specific languages. Before the 20th century, linguistics evolved in conjunction with ...

  4. Variety (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    e. In sociolinguistics, a variety, also known as a lect or an isolect, [1] is a specific form of a language or language cluster. This may include languages, dialects, registers, styles, or other forms of language, as well as a standard variety. [2] The use of the word variety to refer to the different forms avoids the use of the term language ...

  5. Literary language - Wikipedia

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    The modern standard language is closely based on the Classical language, and most Arabs consider the two varieties to be two registers of the same language. Literary Arabic or classical Arabic is the official language of all Arab countries and is the only form of Arabic taught in schools at all stages [ clarification needed ] [ citation needed ] .

  6. Vocal register - Wikipedia

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    A vocal register is a range of tones in the human voice produced by a particular vibratory pattern of the vocal folds. These registers include modal voice (or normal voice), vocal fry, falsetto, and the whistle register. [1] [2] [3] Registers originate in laryngeal function. They occur because the vocal folds are capable of producing several ...

  7. Diglossia - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In linguistics, diglossia ( / daɪˈɡlɒsiə / dy-GLOSS-ee-ə, US also / daɪˈɡlɔːsiə / dy-GLAW-see-ə) is a situation in which two dialects or languages are used (in fairly strict compartmentalization) by a single language community. In addition to the community's everyday or vernacular language variety (labeled "L" or "low ...

  8. Register (phonology) - Wikipedia

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    For the distinction between [ ], / /, ⫽ ⫽, and , see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. In phonology, a register, or pitch register, is a prosodic feature of syllables in certain languages in which tone, vowel phonation, glottalization or similar features depend upon one another. It occurs in Burmese, Vietnamese, Wu Chinese and ...

  9. List of official languages - Wikipedia

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    Karachay–Cherkessia (state language; with Abaza, Cherkess, Karachay and Nogai) Karelia (state language) Khakassia (state language; with Khakas) Komi (state language; with Komi) Mari El (state language; with Mari (Hill and Meadow)) Mordovia (state language; with Erzya and Moksha) North Ossetia—Alania (state language; with Ossetic)