Sociolinguistics recognizes that a person may speak his mother tongue using various registers depending on the social situation.
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Sociolinguistics
//ˌsoʊsi.oʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks//
Synonyms for "sociolinguistics" (13 found)
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6 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 72 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- sosiolinguistiek noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Arabic
1 entries- لِسَانِيَّات اِجْتِمَاعِيَّة noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Armenian
1 entries- հանրալեզվաբանություն noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Asturian
1 entries- sociollingüística noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Basque
1 entries- soziolinguistika noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Belarusian
1 entries- сацыялінгвістыка noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Bengali
1 entries- সমাজভাষাবিজ্ঞান noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Breton
2 entries- kevredadyezhoniezh noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
- sokioyezhoniezh noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Bulgarian
1 entries- социолингвистика noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- соціолінґвістіка noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Catalan
1 entries- sociolingüística noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Chinese
1 entries- 社會語言學 /社会语言学 noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 社會語言學 /社会语言学 noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 社會語言學 /社会语言学 noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Cornish
1 entries- yethonieth gowethasek noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Corsican
1 entries- sociolinguistica noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Czech
1 entries- sociolingvistika noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Danish
1 entries- sociolingvistik noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Dutch
1 entries- sociolinguïstiek noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Esperanto
1 entries- sociolingvistiko noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Faroese
1 entries- samfelagsmálvísindi noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Finnish
1 entries- sosiolingvistiikka noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
French
1 entries- sociolinguistique noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Galician
1 entries- sociolingüística noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Georgian
1 entries- სოციოლინგვისტიკა noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
German
1 entries- Soziolinguistik noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Greek
1 entries- κοινωνιογλωσσολογία noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- sosyolengwistik noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Hebrew
1 entries- בַּלְשָׁנוּת חֶבְרָתִית noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Hindi
1 entries- समाजभाषाविज्ञान noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Hungarian
2 entries- szociolingvisztika noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
- társasnyelvészet noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Ido
1 entries- sociolinguistiko noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Indonesian
1 entries- sosiolinguistik noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Irish
1 entries- sochtheangeolaíocht noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Italian
1 entries- sociolinguistica noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Japanese
1 entries- 社会言語学 noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Javanese
1 entries- sosiolinguistik noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Kazakh
1 entries- әлеуметтік тілтану noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Korean
1 entries- 사회언어학 noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- социолингвистика noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Latin
1 entries- sociolinguistica noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Latvian
1 entries- sociolingvistika noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Limburgish
1 entries- sociolinguïstiek noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sociolingvistika noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Macedonian
1 entries- социолингвистика noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Malayalam
1 entries- സാമൂഹികഭാഷാശാസ്ത്രം noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Manx
1 entries- sheshengoaylleeaght noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Norman
1 entries- sociolîndgistique noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sosiolingvistikk noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sosiolingvistikk noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Occitan
1 entries- sociolingüistica noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Polish
1 entries- socjolingwistyka noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Portuguese
1 entries- sociolinguística noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Romanian
1 entries- sociolingvistică noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Russian
1 entries- социолингви́стика noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Scots
1 entries- sociolingueestics noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sociolingvìstika noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
- социолингвѝстика noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Sicilian
1 entries- sociolinguìstica noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Slovak
1 entries- sociolingvistika noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Slovene
1 entries- sociolingvistika noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Spanish
1 entries- sociolingüística noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Sundanese
1 entries- sosiolinguistik noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Swahili
1 entries- isimu jamii noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Swedish
1 entries- sociolingvistik noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Tagalog
1 entries- sosyolingguwistika noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Turkish
1 entries- toplum dil bilimi noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Ukrainian
1 entries- соціолінгві́стика noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Uzbek
1 entries- sotsiolingvistika noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ngôn ngữ học xã hội noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Walloon
1 entries- sociolinwince noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
Welsh
1 entries- ieithyddiaeth gymdeithasol noun (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
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Tom majored in sociolinguistics.
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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.
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