Variety (linguistics)

A variety of a language is a form that differs from other forms of the language systematically and coherently. Variety is a wider concept than style of prose or style of language.Some writers in sociolinguistics use the term lect, apparently a back-formation from specific terms such as dialect and idiolect.Examples of varieties are:dialects, i.e. varieties spoken by geographically defined speech communitiesidiom is a term neutral to the dialect–language distinction and is used to refer to the studied communicative system (that could be called either a dialect or a language) when its status with respect to this distinction is irrelevant (thus it is a synonym to language in the more general sense);sociolects, i.e. varieties spoken by socially defined speech communitiesstandard language, standardized for education and public performanceidiolects, i.e. a variety particular to a certain personregisters (or diatypes), i.e. the specialised vocabulary and/or grammar of certain activities or professionsethnolects, for an ethnic groupecolects, an idiolect adopted by a household
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Une variété de langue est une forme de langue qui se distingue d'autres formes de langue de façon systématique et cohérente. Le terme variété indique une notion plus générale que siginifie le dialecte, le style ou le registre. À ne pas confondre le concept de patois.
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Eine Varietät ist in der Linguistik eine Teilmenge einer Einzelsprache, die eine Einzelsprache ergänzt oder modifiziert, jedoch nicht unabhängig von dieser existieren kann. Von Varietät spricht man jedoch nur, wenn die Sprachform einer untersuchten Gruppe eindeutige sprachliche Gemeinsamkeiten aufweist.
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Het begrip variëteit wordt in de taalkunde gehanteerd ter omschrijving van de menselijke communicatiesystemen die doorgaans met onderling moeilijk te onderscheiden begrippen als taalfamilie, taal, streektaal, dialect, groepstaal, register enz. worden aangeduid. Wanneer een variëteit interne variatie vertoont, kunnen binnen die variëteit weer subvariëteiten worden onderscheiden, die soms als 'dialect' of als 'variant' worden betiteld.
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A variação de uma língua é a forma pela qual ela difere de outras formas da linguagem sistemática e coerentemente. Uma nação apresenta diversos traços de identificação, e um deles é a língua. Esta pode variar de acordo com alguns fatores, tais como o tempo, o espaço, o nível cultural e a situação em que um indivíduo se manifesta verbalmente.
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