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" (20 found)
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classroom sociolinguisticseducational sociolinguistics
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Noun(3 words)
language in societylanguage studieslinguistic variation
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linguísticavariationist linguistics
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5 entrieslanguage and societylinguistic variationsociolinguistics studyspeech variationvariationist linguistics
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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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