Language & Society: more kinds of variation

It is the study of language in social contexts.

It is the ability to form utterances using elements of multiple languages in real-time discourse, and the practice of doing so.

It is a term that indicates a view of English which embraces diversity and questions the assumption that contemporary native speakers have inherent stewardship of, or competence in, the language.

In sociolinguistics, it refers to the systematic ways in which an identified group of speakers uses a language’s sounds, structures and senses.

It is a variety of a language determined normally by geographical and/or social factors.

It is a way of using the language in certain contexts and situations, often varying according to formality of expression, choice of vocabulary and degree of explicitness.

It is the (perhaps universal) use of (normally two) different languages, varieties or registers of differing levels of prestige for different situations and/or purposes.

It is the unique form of a language represented in an individual user’s mind and attested in their discourse.

When a language is used as a medium of communication between speakers of different languages, it is known as a...

They are very basic linguistic systems which sometimes emerge in situations in which speakers of different languages find themselves in frequent contact and

need to communicate.