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LinguisticRegister A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQbmnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LinguisticRegister</a> is a style of language use conventionally associated with particular topics or socio-professional situations. Common examples have been given names ending in `-ese', for example, Legalese, but there are many more linguistic registers than those with such names. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQbmnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LinguisticRegister</a>s may be thought of as properties of languages, but they are not properties of individual expressions or of language users. linguistic register http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_%28linguistics%29 Psychology Publication Language Register This is an example of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQbmnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LinguisticRegister</a> which is explicitly set out and, at least in principle, enforced. The APA Publication Manual specifies that psychological writing should be clear and maximally informative, writers should use short sentences, the active voice of verbs, and eschew metaphors and figurative writing. PsychologyPublicationLanguage-Register Medical Language Register This is the style of discourse conventionally associated with the medical profession. It is characterized by a preference for Greco-Latin terms, acronyms, abbreviations, and idiosyncratic phrasing (`he presented with elevated systolic pressure...'). MedicalLanguage-Register Computer Language Register ComputerLanguage-Register This is the style of discourse conventionally associated with the computer world. It is characterized by the use of idiomatic expressions (`hacker'), idiosyncratic syntax (use of the letter `z' for pluralization), and a range of jargon specific to computers and the internet. This is the style of discourse conventionally associated with the legal profession. It is characterized by a preference for redundancy, convoluted sentence structure, and hedging. LegalLanguage-Register Legal Language Register LinguisticsLanguage-Register Linguistics Language Register This is the style of discourse conventionally associated with linguistics. It is characterized by a preference for certain imperatives (`consider', `recall', `observe'), large numbers of example sentences, and the use of acronyms. This is the style of discourse conventionally associated with the marketing of pornographic materials as well as certain of those materials, such as movies in which there is dialog. It is characterized by the use of vulgar terminology and a very narrow universe of discourse in which persons appear to be little more than subjects and objects of sexual gratification. Use of certain terms, such as "femdom" and "facial", are mostly specific to this register. PornographyLanguage-Register Pornography Language Register InvestmentMarketLanguage-Register Investment Market Language Register This is the style of discourse conventionally associated with stock and bond trading. It is characterized by anthropomorphizing of inanimate things: `gold suffered today but tech stocks rebounded...'. LinguisticRegister A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQbmnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LinguisticRegister</a> is a style of language use conventionally associated with particular topics or socio-professional situations. Common examples have been given names ending in `-ese', for example, Legalese, but there are many more linguistic registers than those with such names. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQbmnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LinguisticRegister</a>s may be thought of as properties of languages, but they are not properties of individual expressions or of language users. linguistic register StyleOfCommunication This is the style used when communicating something. style of communication LinguisticRegister A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQbmnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LinguisticRegister</a> is a style of language use conventionally associated with particular topics or socio-professional situations. Common examples have been given names ending in `-ese', for example, Legalese, but there are many more linguistic registers than those with such names. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQbmnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LinguisticRegister</a>s may be thought of as properties of languages, but they are not properties of individual expressions or of language users. linguistic register LinguisticRegister A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQbmnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LinguisticRegister</a> is a style of language use conventionally associated with particular topics or socio-professional situations. Common examples have been given names ending in `-ese', for example, Legalese, but there are many more linguistic registers than those with such names. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQbmnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LinguisticRegister</a>s may be thought of as properties of languages, but they are not properties of individual expressions or of language users. linguistic register LinguisticObjectType linguistic object type A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LinguisticObjectType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQ-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LinguisticObject</a> (q.v.).