Sociolinguistics

//ˌsoʊsi.oʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of social and cultural effects on language and vice-versa. uncountable

    "This paper surveys the research methods and approaches used in the multidisciplinary field of applied language studies or language education over the last fourty^([sic]) years. Drawing on insights gained in psycho- and sociolinguistics, educational linguistics and linguistic anthropology with regard to language and culture, it is organized around five major questions that concern language educators."

  2. 2
    the study of language in relation to its sociocultural context wordnet

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"Sociolinguistics recognizes that a person may speak his mother tongue using various registers depending on the social situation."

Etymology

From socio- + linguistics.

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