Whether you are speaking or writing, this will determine the language variety which you employ.
  • Audience
  • Context
  • Subject
  • All of the above
A language variety chosen to suit the audience is known as...
  • accent
  • dialect
  • persuasion
  • register
Specialist language which is not usually understood by those who are not members of the group using it.
  • Jargon
  • Technicalities
  • Received pronunciation
  • Idiolect
What is the term used for an individual's unique pattern of speech?
  • Idiom
  • Jargon
  • Dialect
  • Idiolect
A word which would only be used in an informal, familiar context is described as a...
  • metaphor
  • colloquialism
  • ellipsis
  • contraction
The particular version of a language used by those who are members of a large group (i.e. inhabitants of the same geographical region or members of the same socio-economic class).
  • Idiolect
  • Dialect
  • Slang
  • Accent
The dialect of English which is agreed by the majority of native speakers as 'correct' is known as...
  • everyday English
  • official English
  • standard English
  • poetic English
A freshly-coined word or phrase is known as a...
  • cliché
  • imported word
  • neologism
  • received term
Highly-informal language which can include elements of jargon, neologism and colloquialism.
  • Standard English
  • American English
  • Slang
  • Sociolect
The particular way a language is pronounced by an individual or a group is known as...
  • idiom
  • dialect
  • slang
  • accent
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