Question

Match the description to the term. 1. language spoken by educated Americans slang 2. street language that coins new words and new meanings language 3. regional variation of the national language jargon 4. language of a skill, trade, or profession dialect 5. phrases and expressions unique to a language ungrammatical speech 6. sounds and sound patterns that are meaningful to people from the same culture writing 7. graphic representation of sounds standard English 8. language spoken by a child learning to talk idiom

Answer 1

1. Standard English is the language spoken by educated Americans.

2. Slang means street language that coins new words and new meanings.

3. Dialect is the regional variation of the national language.

4. Jargon is the language of a skill, trade, or profession.

5. Idiom: phrases and expressions unique to a language.

6. Language: the sounds and soud patterns that are meaninful to people from the same culture.

7. Writing is a graphic representation of sounds.

8. Ungrammatical speech: language spoken by a child learnig to talk.