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sociophonetics

UK/ˌsəʊsi.əʊfəˈnɛtɪks/US/ˌsoʊsi.oʊfəˈnɛtɪks/

sociophonetics noun: a branch of linguistics studying sociolinguistic aspects of speech sounds; the interaction between sociolinguistics and phonetics.

Noun

sociophonetics (uncountable)

  1. A branch of linguistics studying sociolinguistic aspects of speech sounds; the interaction between sociolinguistics and phonetics.

Origin of sociophonetics

From socio- + phonetics.

Questions about sociophonetics

What does sociophonetics mean?
Sociophonetics means a branch of linguistics studying sociolinguistic aspects of speech sounds; the interaction between sociolinguistics and phonetics.
What part of speech is sociophonetics?
Sociophonetics is a noun.
How do you pronounce sociophonetics?
Sociophonetics is pronounced /ˌsoʊsi.oʊfəˈnɛtɪks/ (US).

Words near sociophonetics in the dictionary

  1. sociophobia
  2. sociophonetic
  3. sociophonetically
  4. sociophonetician
  5. sociophoneticians
  6. sociophonetics
  7. sociophonological
  8. sociophonology
  9. sociophysical
  10. sociophysicist
  11. sociophysicists

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