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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=sociolinguistics">sociolinguistics</a>, a <b>register</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=Variety_%28linguistics%29">variety</a> of <a href="page.php?w=language">language</a> used for a particular purpose or particular communicative situation. For example, when speaking officially or in a public setting, an <a href="page.php?w=English_language">English</a> speaker may be more likely to follow <a href="page.php?w=Linguistic_prescription">prescriptive norms</a> for formal <a href="page.php?w=usage">usage</a> than in a casual setting,</p><p>
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