Match the description to the term.

1. language spoken by educated Americanslanguage

2. street language that coins new words and new meaningsstandard English

3. regional variation of the national languagewriting

4. language of a skill, trade, or professiondialect

5. phrases and expressions unique to a languageungrammatical speech

6. sounds and sound patterns that are meaningful to people from the same cultureslang

7. graphic representation of soundsidiom

8. language spoken by a child learning to talkjargon

The correct matches are as follows:

1. language spoken by educated Americans

idiom

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

standard English

5. phrases and expressions unique to a language

jargon

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