Chapter 2 Flashcards
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Language
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a system of communication whereby speakers and hearers, using a set of internalized operations, can regulate sound and meaning
2
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Dialect
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a variation of a language used by a certain group-
3
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Register
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Styles of speech adjusted to the perceived needs of a speaker
4
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Idiolect
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Our individual way of speaking, which is comprised of many things, such as our speech’s fundamental frequency, pitch contour, vocabulary, transitions between sounds, and word pronunciations-
