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sociolinguistic variables

sociolinguistic variables is the plural of sociolinguistic variable.

Meaning of sociolinguistic variable

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.

Questions about sociolinguistic variables

What is sociolinguistic variables the plural of?
Sociolinguistic variables is the plural of sociolinguistic variable.

Words near sociolinguistic variables in the dictionary

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

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