Concepts of Language Varities 3.0 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? English LanguageLanguage variation and discoursesA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: Erin_MCreated on: 23-04-15 11:52 A simplified language, a means of commuinication between groups that don't have a language in common. pidgin 1 of 10 A stable language that has originated from a pidgin, is acquired by the next generation and developed from mixing parent languages. creole 2 of 10 Dialect considered to have social status, used by the elite and considered well educated. prestige 3 of 10 Process of pidgin rapidly expanding its vocab and grammatical rules to becoming a creole creolization 4 of 10 Over time a creole language reconverges with one of the standard languages it originally derived. decreolization 5 of 10 Variety of speech in a creole that approximates mostly closely the standard variety of a major international language acrolect 6 of 10 Variety of speech that is most remote from the prestige variety, especially in an area where creole is spoken basilect 7 of 10 Concurrent use of more than one language, or language variety in a conversation. May be used to hide fluency or memory problems in the second language codeswitching 8 of 10 Individual adjusts speech patterns to match those of people belonging to another group convergence 9 of 10 Individual adjusts speech patterns to be distinct from those of people belonging to another group divergence 10 of 10
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