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formal register

style of language that is different from everyday use among peers
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formal register

Summary

formal register is a sociolect[1].

Key Facts

  • formal register's instance of is recorded as sociolect[2].
  • formal register's subclass of is recorded as register[3].
  • formal register's opposite of is recorded as colloquial language[4].
  • formal register's opposite of is recorded as informality[5].
  • formal register's partially coincident with is recorded as dress clothes[6].
  • formal register's short name is recorded as fml[7].
  • formal register's different from is recorded as formal language[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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