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sociolinguistics


Definition of sociolinguistics

noun

[treated as singular]
  • the study of language in relation to social factors, including differences of regional, class, and occupational dialect, gender differences, and bilingualism.

Derivatives

sociolinguist

noun

sociolinguistic

adjective

sociolinguistically

adverb

sociolinguistics in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of sociolinguistics in the US English dictionary