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Linguistics Vocabulary - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 376 times
- The average score is 10 of 25
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| The specialized terminology, or technical language, associated with a particular field or area of activity. | jargon | 57%
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| A vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in everyday conversation but avoided in formal writing. May also refer to the language exclusively used by the members of particular in-groups in order to establish group identity, exclude outsiders, or both. | slang | 51%
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| A branch of linguistics that analyzes the lexicon of a specific language — including formation, spelling, origin, usage, and definition. | lexicology | 49%
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| Any language that occurs naturally in a human community by a process of use, repetition, and change without conscious planning or premeditation. | natural language | 49%
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| A language variety that marks speakers as members of ethnic groups who originally used another language or distinctive variety. | ethnolect | 46%
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| The art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. | lexicography | 46%
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| A language variety that has undergone substantial codification of its grammar, lexicon, writing system, or other features and stands out among other varieties in a community as the one with the highest status or prestige. | standard language | 46%
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| The set of rules for how a natural language is structured, as demonstrated by its speakers or writers. | grammar | 44%
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| A group of people who share a set of linguistic norms and expectations regarding the use of language. | speech community | 44%
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| A situation in which two dialects or languages are used (in fairly strict compartmentalization) by a single language community. | diglossia | 43%
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| The study of words, including the principles by which they are formed, and how they relate to one another within a language. | morphology | 43%
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| A grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups of people that do not have a language in common. | pidgin | 43%
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| The coexistence of multiple languages (or distinct varieties of the same language) in one society or area. | polyglossia | 40%
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| The study of linguistic meaning. | semantics | 40%
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| A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual. | accent | 39%
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| An individual's unique use of language, encompassing speech, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. | idiolect | 38%
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| A stable natural language that develops from the process of different languages simplifying and mixing into a new form, and then that form expanding and elaborating into a full-fledged language with native speakers, all within a fairly brief period. | creole language | 37%
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| The branch of linguistics that studies how languages systematically organize their sounds or, for sign languages, their constituent parts of signs. | phonology | 37%
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| A branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds or, in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign. | phonetics | 34%
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| A form of language (non-standard dialect, restricted register) or a set of lexical items used by a socioeconomic class, profession, age group, or other social group. | sociolect | 33%
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| The study of how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences. | syntax | 33%
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| A variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. | dialect | 31%
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| The ordinary, informal, spoken form of language, particularly when perceived as being of lower social status in contrast to standard language, which is more codified, institutional, literary, or formal. | vernacular | 29%
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| A language used by various groups to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations. | argot | 17%
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| A general term for speech or language that is considered nonstandard. | patois | 8%
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