Question

match the description to the term.

1. language spoken by educated americans slang
2. street language that coins new words and new meanings dialect
3. regional variation of the national language language
4. language of a skill, trade, or profession writing
5. phrases and expressions unique to a language jargon
6. sounds and sound patterns that are meaningful to people from the same culture ungrammatical speech
7. graphic representation of sounds idiom
8. language spoken by a child learning to talk standard english

Explanation:

1. Standard English is the formal language used by educated Americans, so 1 matches with standard English.
2. Slang is informal street language with new words/meanings, so 2 matches with slang.
3. A dialect is a regional variation of a national language, so 3 matches with dialect.
4. Jargon is the specialized language of a trade/profession, so 4 matches with jargon.
5. Idioms are unique phrases/expressions in a language, so 5 matches with idiom.
6. Language refers to the sounds/patterns meaningful to a cultural group, so 6 matches with language.
7. Writing is the graphic representation of sounds (as written language), so 7 matches with writing.
8. A child learning to talk often uses ungrammatical speech, so 8 matches with ungrammatical speech.

Answer:

1. language spoken by educated Americans - standard English
2. street language that coins new words and new meanings - slang
3. regional variation of the national language - dialect
4. language of a skill, trade, or profession - jargon
5. phrases and expressions unique to a language - idiom
6. sounds and sound patterns that are meaningful to people from the same culture - language
7. graphic representation of sounds - writing
8. language spoken by a child learning to talk - ungrammatical speech