This Guardian article explores the benefits of discourse communities having their own exclusive language. These could be explored in terms of occupational language, sociolect, communities of practice, ways in which language has been modified and/or the effects of context on how language is used. Or in many other ways! Learn the terms and make sure you apply ones you already know where relevant e.g. sociolect, covert prestige etc. I love the term cryptolect and I will be using that again!
For AS, look at how quite heavily linguistic content is adapted for a non-specialist reader.
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