Glossary Of Terms

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Standard English

Answer 1

The dialect of English that is considered to have most prestige and is used in the education system and in formal written texts

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Slang

Answer 2

Referring to words and phrases which are considered informal

Question 3

Dialect

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Variations in word choices and grammatical choices that are typical of a particular reigon

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Idolect

Answer 4

The speech habits peculiar to a particular person

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Sociolect

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The dialect of a particular social group or social class

Question 6

Taboo

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Lexical choices which are deemed to Be offensive.
-swearing

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Technology influenced words and phrases

Answer 7

There is evidence that certain social groups use words and phrases in their speech which are normally associated with written technology (texts or tweets)

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Neologisms

Answer 8

New words (which are constantly entering the English language)

Question 9

Occupational register

Answer 9

Sometimes stemming from personal interests, an occupational register of jargon is largely based on sharing understanding between certain groups or individuals
-the language of gaming

Question 10

Received Pronunciation

Answer 10

BBC English
Queens English
Oxford english

Question 11

Conservative rp

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Traditional rp used by older speakers and the aristocracy. Very rare

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Mainstream rp

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Neutral rp accent used by all ages and occupations

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Contemporary rp

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Refers to speakers using features typical of younger rp speakers

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Regional accent

Answer 14

The way you pronounce certain words depending on where you live

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Idiomatic phrases

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A phrase that has an accepted and known meaning that is different from the dictionary definition of each individual word e.g. “hes part of the furniture” “you’ve hit the nail on the head”

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Social mobility (not a linguistic term)

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A phrase used to describe a persons move from one social class or level to another- this may occur through changing jobs, getting married or through a change in a persons economic or financial situation

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Code switching

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Occurs when a bilingual speaker will use and alternate between different languages while talking

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Code mixing

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The inclusion of words and phrases from one language in another

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Multiple negation

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When a sentence contains more than one negative “I didn’t do nothing”

Question 20

Plural marking

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The method of making a singular noun into its plural form “e,g one shoe but two shoes”

Question 21

Unmarked plurality

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When a singular form of a noun is used rather than the plural e.g.
“There’s only two mile to go”

Question 22

Dialect levelling

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The process by which language forms of different parts of the country coverage and be o,e more similar over time, with the loss of regional features and reduced diversity of language