sociolinguistic

Variant of sociolinguistics

sociolinguistics definition

so·cio·lin·guis·tics (sō′sē ō liŋ gwis′tiks, -s̸hē-)

noun

the branch of linguistics that analyzes the effects of social and cultural factors within a speech community upon its language patterns

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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