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What is Jargon?

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Formal language unique to a specific discipline or field

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What is dialect?

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Form/language particular to a religion or social group

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3
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What is sociolect?

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dialect or particular social class

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What is idiolect?

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Speech habits peculiar to a particular person

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What is slang?

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Type of language, very informal, more common in speech

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What is colloquialism?

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Not formal, used in conversation

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What is taboo term?

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Prohibited or restricted by a social custom

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What is cliche?

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Phrase/opinion over used, betrays lack of original thought

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What is euphemism?

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Mild word substituted for being considered too harsh, referring to something unpleasant

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What is dysphemism?

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Derogatry used instead of neutral one

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What is archaism?

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Very old, especially style of language or art

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12
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What is register?

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Variety of language is determined by a degree of formality and choice of vocabulary

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13
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What is lexical fields?

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another word for semantic field

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14
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What is common collocations?

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juxtaposition of a particular word with another

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What is a pejorative?

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Words expressing contempt or disapproval

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16
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What is etomology?

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Statement of words meaning

17
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What is vernacular?

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Language spoken by ordinary people in different country

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What is latinate?

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Having the character of latin

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What is monosyllabic?

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Consist of one syllable

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What is a compound?

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Two words put together

21
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What is an abbreviation?

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A shortened form of a word or a phrase

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What is an acronym?

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An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word

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What is neologism?

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A newly coined word or expression

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What is a blend?

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Joining the beginning of one word and end of another to make a new word with a new meaning

25
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What is a loan word?

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a word taken from another language and at least partly neutralised

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What is a synonym?

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One or two or more words or expressions of the same language that have the same or nearly the same meaning in some or all senses

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What is an antonym?

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A word oppositon meaning to another

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What is a homonym?

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Each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings in origins

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