Sociolect

//ˈsəʊ.ʃɪ.ə(ʊ).lɛkt//

Synonyms for "sociolect" (5 found)

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Translations

45 translations across 43 languages.

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Afrikaans

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  • sosiolek noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Arabic

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  • لهجة اجتماعية noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Azerbaijani

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  • sosiolekt noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Basque

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  • soziolekto noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Breton

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  • sokiolektenn noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Bulgarian

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  • социален диалект noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Catalan

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  • sociolecte noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 社會方言 /社会方言 noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Czech

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  • sociolekt noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Danish

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  • sociolekt noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Dutch

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  • sociolect noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Esperanto

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  • sociolekto noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Estonian

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  • sotsiolekt noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Faroese

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  • sosiolekt noun (variant of language used by a social group)
  • stættarmálføri noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Finnish

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  • sosiolekti noun (variant of language used by a social group)

French

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  • sociolecte noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Galician

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  • sociolecto noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Georgian

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  • სოციოლექტი noun (variant of language used by a social group)

German

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  • Soziolekt noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Greek

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  • κοινωνιόλεκτος noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Hebrew

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  • סוציולקט noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Hungarian

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  • szociolektus noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Icelandic

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  • félagsleg málgerð noun (variant of language used by a social group)
  • stéttamállýska noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Indonesian

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  • sosiolek noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Italian

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  • socioletto noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Limburgish

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  • sociolek noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Lombard

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  • sociolet noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Macedonian

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  • социоле́кт noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • sosiolekt noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • sosiolekt noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Piedmontese

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  • sociolèt noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Polish

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  • socjolekt noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Portuguese

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  • socioleto noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Romanian

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  • sociolect noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Russian

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  • социоле́кт noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • sociolekt noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Slovak

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  • sociolekt noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Spanish

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  • sociolecto noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Swedish

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  • sociolekt noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Tagalog

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  • sosyolek noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Tatar

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  • социолект noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Ukrainian

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  • соціолект noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Vietnamese

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  • phương ngữ xã hội noun (variant of language used by a social group)

Sample sentences

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A sociolect characterizes the speech of a social group.

Source: tatoeba (12800937)

The French literary critic Roland Barthes has paid special attention to the relationship between the individual language ("idiolect") and the language of a collective of speech ("sociolect"). Public life is characterized by "social multilingualism." There are a number of languages, such as the language of the church, the language of the prison, the language of the children, the language of the ruling elite, and other "social languages."

Source: wiktionary

[…] I believe that it is mistaken to maintain that the language of ideology is a discrete ‘sociolect’, a sort of meta-language which draws upon but remains distinct from the language of everyday life.

Source: wiktionary

This paper uses sociolect as a cover term for slang, technical jargon (professionalisms), and argot. From the point of view of its secret nature, two kinds of sociolects are distinguished: slang and technical jargon on the one hand, and argot on the other, with the difference being in the presence or lack of an intention of secrecy.

Source: wiktionary

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