Language Register (Register) (T.B.W. Reid, 1950s) – the type of spoken language – that is, vocabulary, grammar, tone, volume, etc. – that is fitted to a situation. The phenomenon rose to the attention of educators in the late 1900s as it became apparent that children from diverse backgrounds were sometime unfamiliar with – and therefore disadvantaged by – the registers associated with formal education.
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Davis, B., & Francis, K. (2021). “Language Register (Register)” in Discourses on Learning in Education. https://learningdiscourses.com.
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