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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

sociolinguistics Related Forms
so′·cio·lin′·guist noun so′·cio·lin·guis′tic adjective
sociolinguistics Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • language: Recent research concentrates on the sociolinguistics of minority languages and indigenous peoples.

Converse of object

  • include: Objectives To share issues and methodologies in language and identity across the spectrum of applied linguistics, including sociolinguistics.
  • research: Academic Literacy and the Languages of Change will be of interest to postgraduates and academics researching sociolinguistics, or language and education.

Adjective modifier

  • interactional: Topics covered will include speech acts, politeness, interactional sociolinguistics, and cultural differences in body language.
  • German: Patrick Stevenson Language and politics; language and identity; German sociolinguistics.
  • historical: The History of English in a Social Context: a Contribution to Historical Sociolinguistics.
  • English: English sociolinguistics: expert supervision in approaches to the study of language and society in England and Scotland is available.
  • British: A critical overview of the methodology of British urban sociolinguistics.

Modifies a noun

  • symposium: The second workshop will be open to all delegates at the 16th International Sociolinguistics Symposium.
  • course: To prepare teachers for this we must offer them more than expanded sociolinguistics courses.
  • module: The Sociolinguistics module provides the basis for independent empirical research in a specified area of sociolinguistics.
  • today: Chapter Six is dedicated to politeness studies, a major sub-field of sociolinguistics today.
  • conference: Preliminary findings of my analyzes have been presented at recent sociolinguistics conferences.
  • study: Sociolinguistics studies the way class, ethnic background and gender affect the way you speak and the way others perceive your speech.

Noun used with modifier

  • variationist: While language variation is universal and has been the subject of inquiry in several cultures, variationist sociolinguistics is essentially a Western science.
  • introducing: Mesthrie, R. , Swann, J. , Deumert, A and Leap, W ( 2000 ) Introducing Sociolinguistics.