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sociolingnoun(university slang) Abbreviation of sociolinguistics. [(linguistics) The study of social and cultural effects on language and vice-versa.]
sociolinguisticsnoun(linguistics) The study of social and cultural effects on language and vice-versa.
sociophoneticsnoun(linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying sociolinguistic aspects of speech sounds; the interaction between sociolinguistics and phonetics.
sociophonologynoun(linguistics, uncountable) A branch of linguistics studying sociolinguistic aspects of phonology; the interaction between sociolinguistics and phonology.
sociolinguistic variablenoun(sociolinguistics) A feature, either lexical or phonetical, that is correlated with extralingual factors such as the setting, speaker, addressee etc.
sociolectnoun(sociolinguistics) The variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc.
socspeaknounThe jargon used by sociologists.
etymol.nounAbbreviation of etymology. [(uncountable, linguistics) The scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.]
lexicog.nounAbbreviation of lexicography. [(uncountable) The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.]
lang.nounAbbreviation of language. [(countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.]
variationismnoun(linguistics) The sociolinguistic study of variation in usage among speakers of the same language.
standard languagenoun(sociolinguistics) A form of a language that is institutionally promoted, regarded as the most correct or neutral variety, and is used by a population for public and formal purposes.
linguisticsnounThe systematic and scholarly study of language.
contact linguisticsnoun(linguistics) The study of language contact.
anthropolinguisticsnoun(linguistics) anthropological linguistics
slangologynounSlang lexis.
macrosociolinguisticsnounsociolinguistics dealing with relatively large sections of society, rather than with individuals
speechlorenounThe science, study, or knowledge of language or speech; linguistics.
language contactnoun(linguistics) The phenomenon in which speakers of two or more languages or varieties interact and influence each other.
historical linguisticsnoun(linguistics) The scientific study of language change.

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