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Variation in language according to use. The term is used variously in different theoretical approaches, some giving it a broad definition (moving in the direction of variety in its most general sense), others narrowing it to certain aspects of language in social use (such as occupational varieties and jargon only). The term was first given broad currency by the British linguist ... ...
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