Register (sociolinguistics)
FORM OF LANGUAGE USED FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR IN A PARTICULAR COMMUNICATIVE SITUATION
Levels of Register; Speech register; Diatype; Linguistic register; Language register; Formality scale; Lexicographical register; Formality level; Register (socio-linguistics); Speech levels; Formal register; Informal register; Low-register; High-register; Consultative register; Frozen register; Casual register; Intimate register
In sociolinguistics, a register is a variety of language used for a particular purpose or in a particular communicative situation. For example, when speaking officially or in a public setting, an English speaker may be more likely to follow prescriptive norms for formal usage than in a casual setting, for example, by pronouncing words ending in -ing with a velar nasal instead of an alveolar nasal (e.