sociolinguisticses

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so⋅ci⋅o⋅lin⋅guis⋅tics

[soh-see-oh-ling-gwis-tiks, soh-shee-]

–noun (used with a singular verb

)

the study of language as it functions in society; the study of the interaction between linguistic and social variables.

Origin:
1935–40; socio- + linguistics

Related forms:

so⋅ci⋅o⋅lin⋅guist, noun

so⋅ci⋅o⋅lin⋅guis⋅tic, adjective

so⋅ci⋅o⋅lin⋅guis⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

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