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It is a recurring institution in a society, a 'form 
of life', in which actions are intelligible and 
meaning-ful. 
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Functional styles are also called registers of 
discourses

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GLOSSARY 
 
archaism: an expression which was used at an earlier period but which is 110 
longer current in the language; opposed both to contemporary usac-e and to 
neologism; archaic 
central meaning: that meaning of a word which is generally understood when 
the word is given with no context; also called unmarked meaning channel capacity: in 
communication, the degree of ability which a receptor has to understand a message. 
Channel capacity is conditioned both by the receptor's personal qualities and by his 
cultural background, and is a function of the amount of information which the 
receptor has in common with the author. The narrower the channel capacity, the more 
redundancy needs to be introduced to lighten the communication load 
classification: the system according to which a language distinguishes or 
groups aspects of experience, as symbolized by words, into domains which are 
covered by generic terms 
classifier: a term used with another term, often a proper name, to make clear 
what category and/or class it belongs to (the city of Jerusalem) 
collocation: a structured combination of words with compatible semantic 
components 
common component: (1) a semantic component which is shared by one 
meaning of each of several words, so that these meanings cover at least part of a 
domain; (2) a semantic component which is shared by several meanings of a word 
and which supports the intuition that it is one word rather than a set of homonyms 
common language: that portion of the total lexical, grammatical, and stylistic 
resources of a language which is both understood and accepted as good usage by all 
who know the language. Excluded are (a) literary and technical language, which are 
understood only by persons specially trained; (b) substandard and vulgar language, 
which are unacceptable for serious communication; and (c) all features which are 
preculiar to any local, regional, or social dialect communication: the act of 
transmitting a message to a receptor; the closer the resemblance between the intent of 
the sender and the understanding of the receptor, the more effective the 
communication.