Question

Match the description to the term.

1.language spoken by educated Americanslanguage
2.street language that coins new words and new meaningsstandard English
3.regional variation of the national languagewriting
4.language of a skill, trade, or professiondialect
5.phrases and expressions unique to a languageungrammatical speech
6.sounds and sound patterns that are meaningful to people from the same cultureslang
7.graphic representation of soundsidiom
8.language spoken by a child learning to talkjargon

Answer 1

The correct matches are as follows:

1.language spoken by educated Americans
idiom


2.street language that coins new words and new meanings
slang


3.regional variation of the national language
dialect

4.language of a skill, trade, or profession
standard English

5.phrases and expressions unique to a language
jargon

6.sounds and sound patterns that are meaningful to people from the same culture
language

7.graphic representation of sounds
writing

8.language spoken by a child learning to talk
ungrammatical speech