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Communication or Confusion? – English Around the World
accent ['{ks@nt]
acronym
antonym
bilingual [ba'lIŒgw@l]
colloquial; colloquialism
communication
communicative competence
communication strategies
dialect
ESL ["i:es'el]
four-letter words
Globish (Global English)
idiom
lingua franca
literary freedom
loanword/borrowing
mother tongue
multilingual
native speaker
Netspeak
non-Standard English
paraphrase
phrase
primary language
pronunciation
Queen’s English (outdated)
register
secondary language
slang
sociolect
synonym
syntax
technical term
variety [v@'raI@ti]
language
manner of pronunciation characteristic of a region
a word formed from the first letters of the words
that make up the name of sth., e. g. UN (United Nations)
a word that is opposite in meaning to another word
a person with a command of two languages
used in conversation but not in formal speech or
writing; an informal expression or word
activity of exchanging information or meaning
a person’s awareness of the rules governing the appropriate use of language in social situations
strategies of expressing meaning (e. g. in a second
language) without knowing the exact words for it
variety of language common among a group of
speakers, usually defined by region
English as a Second Language
swear/curse words
a simplified form of international English
combination of words in common use; an expression that cannot be translated word for word
a medium of communication used by people who
speak different first languages
personal variation of language as used by writers,
poets, etc.
a word from another language used in its original
form
the language that you first learn to speak as a child
a person with a command of several languages
a speaker of a certain language as a first language
language used to communicate on the Internet
informal or slang vocabulary, grammar or pronunciation
an alternate way of saying sth.
a group of words that together have a particular
meaning
the language you learned first, or the one you use
most often
the way in which a word is spoken
the standard accent of British English; sometimes
also called Oxford English
language used in a particular social environment
a person’s second language or one that is used less
often
informal, non-standard vocabulary
variety of language common among the members
of a specific social group
a word that has the same meaning as another word
sentence structure
a word for a particular subject that is difficult to understand if you do not know about that subject
diversity, plurality; manner, kind, type
Akzent
Akronym, Kurzwort
Gegensatzwort
zweisprachig
umgangssprachlich; umgangssprachlicher Ausdruck
Kommunikation, Austausch
kommunikative Fähigkeit/
Kompetenz
kommunikative Strategien
Dialekt, lokale/regionale
Sprachvariante
Englisch als Zweitsprache
Schimpfwort, Kraftausdruck
internationales Englisch
Redensart
Verkehrssprache, Lingua franca
dichterische Freiheit
Lehnwort
Muttersprache
mehrsprachig
Muttersprachler
Netzjargon
umgangssprachliches Englisch
Umschreibung
Wendung
Primärsprache
Aussprache
Standardenglisch, Britisches
Englisch
Sprachebene
Zweitsprache
Umgangssprache
Soziolekt, Gruppensprache
sinnverwandtes Wort
Satzbau
Fachbegriff
Varietät; Vielfalt; Art
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