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Jargon Sometimes, as in the case of criminal argots, part of the function of special languages is deliberately to mislead and obstruct the rest of society and the authorities in particular; they may even become wholly impenetrable to outsiders.The efficacy of religious worship and of prayers is frequently associated with the strict maintenance of correct forms of language, taught by priests to their successors, lest the ritual become invalid.Indeed, one might regard the formulas of modern symbolic logic as the result of a consciously developed and specialized written language for making precise the relations of implication and inference between statements that, when couched in everyday language, are inexact and open to misinterpretation.Among traditional sports, for example, tennis scores use the sequence love, 15, 30, 40, and game; cricketers verbally appeal to the umpire when a batsman may be out by calling "How's that?" and the ways of being out are designated by stereotypes, "run out," "leg before wicket," "stumped," and so forth.Professions whose members value their standing in society and are eager to render their services to the public foster their own vocabulary and usage, partly to enhance the dignity of their profession and the skills they represent but partly also to increase their efficiency.

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Sometimes, as in the case of criminal argots, part of the function of special
languages is deliberately to mislead and obstruct the rest of society and the
authorities in particular; they may even become wholly impenetrable to outsiders.
But this is not the sole or main purpose of most specialized varieties of language.
Professions whose members value their standing in society and are eager to render
their services to the public foster their own vocabulary and usage, partly
to enhance the dignity of their profession and the skills they represent but partly
also to increase their efficiency. An example of this is the language of the law and
of lawyers.
The cultivation and maintenance of specialized types of language by certain
professions should not be regarded as trivially or superficially motivated. In
general usage, languages are necessarily imprecise, or they would lack the
flexibility and infinite extensibility demanded of them. But for certain purposes in
restricted situations, much greater precision is required, and part of the function of
the particular style and vocabulary of legal language is the avoidance, so far as
may be possible, of all ambiguity and the explicit statement of all necessary
distinctions. This is why legal texts, when read out of their context, seem so
absurdly pedantic and are an easy target for ridicule. Similar provision for detail
and clarity characterizes the specialist jargons of medicine and of the sciences in
general and also of philosophy. Indeed, one might regard the formulas of
modern symbolic logic as the result of a consciously developed and specialized written language for making precise the relations of implication and inference
between statements that, when couched in everyday language, are inexact and open
to misinterpretation. Some have gone as far as to say that traditional metaphysics is
no more than the result of misunderstanding everyday discourse and that the main
purpose of philosophy is to resolve the puzzles that arise from such
misunderstandings.
The use of specialized types of language in fostering unity is also evidenced in
the stereotyped forms of vocabulary employed in almost all sports and games.
Among traditional sports, for example, tennis scores use the sequence love,
15, 30, 40, and game; cricketers verbally appeal to the umpire when a batsman may
be out by calling “How’s that?” and the ways of being out are designated
by stereotypes, “run out,” “leg before wicket,” “stumped,” and so forth.
The efficacy of religious worship and of prayers is frequently associated with the
strict maintenance of correct forms of language, taught by priests to their
successors, lest the ritual become invalid. In ancient India the preservation of the
language used in the performance of certain religious rituals (Sanskrit) gave rise to
one of the world’s most important schools of linguistics and phonetics.