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- Register_(sociolinguistics) comment "In linguistics, a register is a variety of a language used for a particular purpose or in a particular social setting. For example, when speaking in a formal setting contrary to an informal setting, an English speaker may be more likely to use features of prescribed grammar—such as pronouncing words ending in -ing with a velar nasal instead of an alveolar nasal (e.g. \"walking\", not \"walkin'\"), choosing more formal words (e.g. father vs. dad, child vs.".