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enregisterment: a standalone construct

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Sociolinguistics

the process by which a way of speaking becomes socially recognized as a distinct register linked to a type of person.

In sociolinguistics, enregisterment refers to the process by which a way of speaking becomes socially recognized as a distinct register linked to a type of person. This meaning comes from Agha (2003) in Language & Communication.[1]

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person3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs process3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs register2 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Agha, A. (2003). The social life of cultural value. Language & Communication, 23(3-4), 231-273. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0271-5309(03)00012-0

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