ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

AT-CORE-242-006 · ATLAS 251

Argot

Group- or milieu-specific vocabulary that marks social belonging and may exclude outsiders.

Explanation

Group- or milieu-specific vocabulary that marks social belonging and may exclude outsiders. It makes community audible by condensing shared experience into distinctive terms.

Example

Only insiders understand which person the internal nickname denotes.

Counterexample

Merely mentioning “Argot” without the described function is not a sufficient example.

Distinction

Do not equate it with all colloquial or specialised language; argot has a pronounced insider-outsider function.

Effect on thought and perception

It makes community audible by condensing shared experience into distinctive terms.

Resonance

In the atlas, Argot closes 1 previously unresolved reference line(s) and opens controlled paths of thought.

Etymology

Technical core term; individual etymological review pending

Provenance

ATLAS 241 residual-case triage → profile candidate 241-A → source and neighbourhood cross-check → ATLAS 242

Cite this entry

Reich, Michael (Hrsg./ed.): „Argot“. Atlas der Sprache, AT-CORE-242-006. ATLAS 251, data model 1.6.0. https://atlasoflanguage.com/concept/AT-CORE-242-006

https://atlasoflanguage.com/concept/AT-CORE-242-006

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