Activities Quiz 2
Activities Quiz 2
Activities Quiz 2
known as variationist .
Social dialects اللهجات االجتماعية: During the 1930’s, studies in the US and
Canada initiated studying dialects and have taken into consideration the
social variables (factors) of the speakers. In this vein, the users of a
dialect will reflect their social backgrounds, their educational level and
ethnicity. In fact, through language (variety) people are recognized at
different levels.
The Frozen: this type includes the group of registers that do not change;
they are static and highly preserved as the language of holy books as
the Quran, the terminology of constitutions or books of history.
Formal register: this type is not as restrained as the previous one, but as
the name indicates, it is used in academic and professional contexts and
all that is informal is not used. The formal register should be respected
regarding the contraction forms as “don’t, won’t, hasn’t’’ and so forth,
the usage of these forms is limited. The Encyclopedia Britannica is an
example.