sociolinguistics
See also: sociolingüístics
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Etymology edit
socio- + linguistics.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsoʊsi.oʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsəʊsi.əʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/, /ˌsəʊʃjəʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/
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sociolinguistics (uncountable)
- (linguistics) The study of social and cultural effects on language and vice-versa.
- 2014 January, Claire Kramsch, “Language and Culture”, in AILA Review[1], volume 27, number 5, John Benjamins, , →ISSN, page 30:
- 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 regard to language and culture, it is organized around five major questions that concern language educators.
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the study of social and cultural effects on language
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