BARRO, DIAZ

VARITIES AND REGISTERS

OF SPOKEN AND WRITTEN
LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE VARIETY (LECT)
General term for any distinctive form of a language
or
linguistic expression.

Is commonly used to refer to any of the overlapping

subcategories of a language, including dialect, register,
jargon, and idiolect.

DIALECT
A DIALECT IS A REGIONAL OR SOCIAL
VARIETY OF A  LANGUAGE
DISTINGUISHED BY PRONUNCIATION,
GRAMMAR, AND/OR VOCABULARY.
Derived from the Greek
words dia - meaning ‘across, between’ and
legein meaning ‘speak’.
 THE
DIALECT PREJUDICE
- REFERS TO DISCRIMINATION BASED ON A
PERSON'S DIAL ECT OR W AY OF SPEAKING.
DILEMMA
- IT IS A TYPE OF L INGUICISM --
DISCRIMINATION BASED ON DIAL ECT.
REGISTER
DEFINED AS THE WAY A SPEAKER
USED LANGUAGE DIFFERENTLY IN
DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
These variations in formality, also called stylistic
variations, are known as registers in linguistics.
 Registers are determined by
factors such as social occasion,
context, and purpose and
audience. They are marked by a
variety of specialized vocabulary
and turns of phrases,
colloquilisms, the use of jargon,
and a difference of intonation and
pace.

 PERTAINS TO THE IT HAS SOCIAL

SPECIALIZED IMPLICATIONS THAT

JARGON LANGUAGE OF A
PROFESSIONAL OR
OCCUPATIONAL
IS SIMILAR TO
DIALECT PREJUDICE
BUT IN REVERSE.

GROUP. It is a way of making

those who understand
This language is often
this particular language
meaningless to
more erudite and
outsiders. learned.
 TYPES OF LECTS

SOCIOLECT
REGIONAL – also known as a social dialect, a variety
DIALECT of language (or register) used by a
- a variety spoken in a particular region. socioeconomic class, a profession, an age
groups, or any other social group.

ETHNOLECT IDIOLECT
– a lect spoken by a specific – the language or languages spoken
ethnic group. by each individual.