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sociolinguistic

/ˌsəʊsi.əʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/

sociolinguistic adjective: pertaining to sociolinguistics.

Adjective

sociolinguistic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to sociolinguistics.
    • At an individual level then, sociolinguistic theory would predict that in Scotland, as elsewhere, individual speakers who have the skills may switch and shift between one variety and another in a predictable way.2023, Clive Young, “chapter two: The Social Life of Scots”, in Unlocking Scots: The Secret Life of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Luath Press Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 42

Origin of sociolinguistic

From socio- + linguistic.

Words formed from sociolinguistic

Phrases with sociolinguistic

Questions about sociolinguistic

What does sociolinguistic mean?
Sociolinguistic means pertaining to sociolinguistics.
What part of speech is sociolinguistic?
Sociolinguistic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sociolinguistic?
Sociolinguistic is pronounced /ˌsəʊsi.əʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/.

Words near sociolinguistic in the dictionary

  1. sociolects
  2. sociolegal
  3. sociolegally
  4. socioling
  5. sociolinguist
  6. sociolinguistic
  7. sociolinguistic variable
  8. sociolinguistic variables
  9. sociolinguistically
  10. sociolinguistics
  11. sociolinguists

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