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what does "register" mean as you use it?
by jjtheblunt 5y ago
what does "register" mean as you use it?
- AutumnCurtain 5y ago>In sociolinguistics, a register is a variety of language used for a particular purpose or in a particular communicative situation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_%28sociolinguistics%29?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_%28sociolinguistics%2...
- jjtheblunt 5y agothank you
- kroltan 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_(sociolinguistics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_(sociolinguistics) Basically, a manner of speaking depending on to whom you're talking to or who you're addressing or how you mean it to be interpreted. In English a similar concept is formality, but register is a generalized concept.
- jjtheblunt 5y agocool; thanks