A variety of language that is used for a particular social, religious or professional setting is known as a “register.” The vocabulary of the register of a language consists of special words or jargon, which are related to the field in which that register is used in spoken or written form. Hence, the register of a language is marked by the presence of specialized or professional vocabulary. Note that all the other features of the language such as word morphology, syntax, phonology and even orthography do not change. For example, the register of English language that doctors, medical professionals and pharmacists use has medical jargon. Similarly, lawyers use legal jargon and plant taxonomists use botanical or scientific names. You may also call these professional vocabularies. Calculations and formulae could be a part of language of mathematics, economics, engineering etc. or of artificial or programming languages like Java, C++, etc.
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