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sociolinguistic variable

sociolinguistic variable noun: a feature, either lexical or phonetical, that is correlated with extralingual factors such as the setting, speaker, addressee etc.

Noun

sociolinguistic variable (plural sociolinguistic variables)

  1. A feature, either lexical or phonetical, that is correlated with extralingual factors such as the setting, speaker, addressee etc.

Forms of sociolinguistic variable

pluralsociolinguistic variables

Questions about sociolinguistic variable

What does sociolinguistic variable mean?
Sociolinguistic variable means a feature, either lexical or phonetical, that is correlated with extralingual factors such as the setting, speaker, addressee etc.
What part of speech is sociolinguistic variable?
Sociolinguistic variable is a noun.
What is the plural of sociolinguistic variable?
The plural of sociolinguistic variable is sociolinguistic variables.

Words near sociolinguistic variable in the dictionary

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

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