ecolinguistics

English

Etymology

eco- +‎ linguistics

Noun

ecolinguistics (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) A paradigm of linguistic research which emerged in the 1990s and takes into account not only the social context in which language is embedded, but also the ecological context in which societies are embedded.

Synonyms

• ecological linguistics

Translations

linguistics taking ecological context into account

• Portuguese: ecolinguística f