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sociolinguistics

/ˌsəʊsi.əʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/US/ˌsoʊsi.oʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/

sociolinguistics noun: the study of social and cultural effects on language and vice-versa.

Noun

sociolinguistics (uncountable)

  1. The study of social and cultural effects on language and vice-versa.
    • 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...2014 January, Claire Kramsch, “Language and Culture”, in AILA Review, volume 27, number 5, John Benjamins, →DOI, →ISSN, page 30

sociolinguistics meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

sociolinguistics in Hindi

the study of social and cultural effects on language
समाजभाषाविज्ञान samājbhāṣāvijñān

sociolinguistics in Tamil

சமூக மொழியல்

sociolinguistics in Bengali

the study of social and cultural effects on language
সমাজভাষাবিজ্ঞান śomajbhaśabiggên

sociolinguistics in Malayalam

the study of social and cultural effects on language
സാമൂഹികഭാഷാശാസ്ത്രം sāmūhikabhāṣāśāstraṁ
More languagesFewer languages
sociolinguistics in Punjabi
ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ samājik bhāśā vigiāna
sociolinguistics in Tagalog
sosyolingguwistika
sociolinguistics in Arabic
لِسَانِيَّات اِجْتِمَاعِيَّة lisāniyyāt ijtimāʕiyya
sociolinguistics in Indonesian
sosiolinguistik
sociolinguistics in Vietnamese
ngôn ngữ học xã hội

Origin of sociolinguistics

From socio- + linguistics.

Words formed from sociolinguistics

Questions about sociolinguistics

What does sociolinguistics mean?
Sociolinguistics means the study of social and cultural effects on language and vice-versa.
What is sociolinguistics in Hindi?
Sociolinguistics in Hindi is समाजभाषाविज्ञान (samājbhāṣāvijñān). See Sociolinguistics meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sociolinguistics?
Sociolinguistics is a noun.
How do you pronounce sociolinguistics?
Sociolinguistics is pronounced /ˌsoʊsi.oʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/ (US).

Words near sociolinguistics in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sociolinguistics (page history and authors); sociolinguistics (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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