VARIETIES AND REGISTERS OF SPOKEN AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE

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(Also called lect) is a general term for any distinctive form of a language or linguistic expression.

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Sociolinguistics

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Commonly used to refer to any of the overlapping subcategories of a language, including dialect, register, jargon or idiolect

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Language variety

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A controversial term form of the English language that is written and spoken by educated users

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Standard English

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• A regional or social variety of language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, and or vocabulary.
• derived from Greek words dia-meaning across, between, and legein meaning speak.

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Dialect

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TYPES OF LECTS (4)

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Regional Dialect
Sociolect
Idiolect
Ethnolect

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Parine sa Quezon!

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Regional Dialect

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Eow phoewz! jejejeje

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Sociolect

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GO! GO! GO! (Ruffa Mae voice)

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Idiolect

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The Lumad tribal groupings of Mindanao include Ata, Bagobo, Guiangga, Mamanwa, Magguangan, Mandaya, Banwa-on, Bukidnon, Dulangan, Kalagan, Kulaman, Manobo, Subanon, Tagabili, Takakaolo, Talandig, and Tiruray or Teduray.

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Ethnolect

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• refers to discrimination based on a person’s dialect or way of speaking.
• a type of linguicism discrimination based on dialect.

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DIALECT PREJUDICE

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• It is defined as the way a speaker used language differently in diffirent circumstances.
• It is determined by factors such as social occasion, context, purpose and audience.

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Register

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• pertains to the specialized language of a professional or occupational group.
• This language is often meaningless to outsiders.

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Jargon

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It is created by humans and can be different from place to place. It creates a human environment with shared meanings within a society through values, beliefs, norms, etc. and is a learned behavior.

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Culture

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The cultural and intercultural communication group looks into how culture and social norms affect people’s communication in domains such as scientific communication, organizational process, computer-mediated communication and technology adoption.

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Some researchers estimate that about (what percent?) of all human communication is non verbal.

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93%