Linguistics

________is used to denote the language or variety of language that is being used by a speaker in a particular social context, or that a speaker is able to use as a part of their linguistic repertoire.

• Style

• Variety

• Code

________is the variety of language, including vocabulary and grammar, spoken in a particular social group.

• Dialect

• Accent

• Variety

The characteristics of the speech of an individual which refers to a geographical or social group is_______________

• Idiolect

• Dialect

• Variety

___________is the language of communication between persons who have different first languages who speak different tribal languages.

• Code Switching

• Lingua franca

• Business language

A language with a markedly reduced grammatical structure, lexicon, and stylistic range is said to be_____________

• Pidgin

• Creole

• Lingua Franca

is used either to denote the jargon associated with a particular occupational group, or more widely to refer to any variety that is influenced by subject matter, setting, group being addressed.

• Creole

• Code

• Register

_______ is the general term used to denote a form of language (pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary) that is used by particular social groups in particular social contexts.

• Dialect

• Variety

• Jargon

• Register

Language learning processes, like how language is acquired, how language is stored in the brain, how language is accessed and processed by the brain, are studied under

• Socio-linguistics

• Psycho-linguistics

• Applied linguistics

The approach towards the language acquisition that the capacity for language is innate in human beings is said to be_______________

• Interactionism

• Mentalism

• Behaviourism

_______ is the stored knowledge that a person has about a particular concept, which enables them to interpret what they encounter in relation to that concept.

• Schema

• Competence .

• Performance