See sociolect on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1984, Yu[ri] Suvaryan, V[aleri] Mirzoyan, R[uben] Hayrapetyan, “Language and Speech in the System of Public Administration”, in Public Administration: Theory and History, Yerevan, Armenia: “Gitutuin” Publishing House of the NAS RA [National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia], →ISBN, page 277:",
"text": "The French literary critic Roland Barthes has paid special attention to the relationship between the individual language (\"idiolect\") and the language of a collective of speech (\"sociolect\"). Public life is characterized by \"social multilingualism.\" There are a number of languages, such as the language of the church, the language of the prison, the language of the children, the language of the ruling elite, and other \"social languages.\"",
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"ref": "1984, John B[rookshire] Thompson, “Theories of Ideology and Methods of Discourse Analysis: Towards a Framework for the Analysis of Ideology”, in Studies in the Theory of Ideology, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Calif.: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 89:",
"text": "[…] I believe that it is mistaken to maintain that the language of ideology is a discrete ‘sociolect’, a sort of meta-language which draws upon but remains distinct from the language of everyday life.",
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"ref": "1999, Pavol Odaloš, “Mi a szociolektus és mi a szleng? [What is a Sociolect and what is Slang?]”, in Anna Fenyvesi, Tamás Kis, Judit Szilvia Várnai, editors, Mi a szleng? Tanulmányok a szleng fogalmáról [What is Slang? Studies on the Concept of Slang] (Szlengkutatás [Slang Research]; 3), Debrecen, Hungary: Kossuth Egyetemi Kiadó [Kossuth University Press], →ISBN, →ISSN, English summary, page 50:",
"text": "This paper uses sociolect as a cover term for slang, technical jargon (professionalisms), and argot. From the point of view of its secret nature, two kinds of sociolects are distinguished: slang and technical jargon on the one hand, and argot on the other, with the difference being in the presence or lack of an intention of secrecy.",
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"ref": "2014, Peter Wuteh Vakunta, “Literary Camfranglais in Mercédès Fouda’s Je parle camerounais : pour un renouveau francofaune”, in Camfranglais: The Making of a New Language in Cameroonian Literature, Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon: Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group, →ISBN, page 82, footnote 26:",
"text": "In sociolinguistics, a sociolect or social dialect is a variety of language (a register) associated with a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group (precisely termed ethnolect), an age group, etc. Sociolects involve both passive acquisition of particular communicative practices through association with a local community, as well as active learning and choice among speech or writing forms to demonstrate identification with particular grounds. Sociolinguists define a sociolect by examining the social distribution of specific linguistic terms.",
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"Terms with Vietnamese translations",
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"ref": "1984, Yu[ri] Suvaryan, V[aleri] Mirzoyan, R[uben] Hayrapetyan, “Language and Speech in the System of Public Administration”, in Public Administration: Theory and History, Yerevan, Armenia: “Gitutuin” Publishing House of the NAS RA [National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia], →ISBN, page 277:",
"text": "The French literary critic Roland Barthes has paid special attention to the relationship between the individual language (\"idiolect\") and the language of a collective of speech (\"sociolect\"). Public life is characterized by \"social multilingualism.\" There are a number of languages, such as the language of the church, the language of the prison, the language of the children, the language of the ruling elite, and other \"social languages.\"",
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"ref": "1984, John B[rookshire] Thompson, “Theories of Ideology and Methods of Discourse Analysis: Towards a Framework for the Analysis of Ideology”, in Studies in the Theory of Ideology, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Calif.: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 89:",
"text": "[…] I believe that it is mistaken to maintain that the language of ideology is a discrete ‘sociolect’, a sort of meta-language which draws upon but remains distinct from the language of everyday life.",
"type": "quote"
},
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"english": "What is Slang? Studies on the Concept of Slang",
"ref": "1999, Pavol Odaloš, “Mi a szociolektus és mi a szleng? [What is a Sociolect and what is Slang?]”, in Anna Fenyvesi, Tamás Kis, Judit Szilvia Várnai, editors, Mi a szleng? Tanulmányok a szleng fogalmáról [What is Slang? Studies on the Concept of Slang] (Szlengkutatás [Slang Research]; 3), Debrecen, Hungary: Kossuth Egyetemi Kiadó [Kossuth University Press], →ISBN, →ISSN, English summary, page 50:",
"text": "This paper uses sociolect as a cover term for slang, technical jargon (professionalisms), and argot. From the point of view of its secret nature, two kinds of sociolects are distinguished: slang and technical jargon on the one hand, and argot on the other, with the difference being in the presence or lack of an intention of secrecy.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Peter Wuteh Vakunta, “Literary Camfranglais in Mercédès Fouda’s Je parle camerounais : pour un renouveau francofaune”, in Camfranglais: The Making of a New Language in Cameroonian Literature, Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon: Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group, →ISBN, page 82, footnote 26:",
"text": "In sociolinguistics, a sociolect or social dialect is a variety of language (a register) associated with a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group (precisely termed ethnolect), an age group, etc. Sociolects involve both passive acquisition of particular communicative practices through association with a local community, as well as active learning and choice among speech or writing forms to demonstrate identification with particular grounds. Sociolinguists define a sociolect by examining the social distribution of specific linguistic terms.",
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}
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"ipa": "/-sɪ-/",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "sosiolek"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "لهجة اجتماعية"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "sosiolekt"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "soziolekto"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "sokiolektenn"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "socialen dialekt",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "социален диалект"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "sociolecte"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "社會方言"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shèhuì fāngyán",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "社会方言"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "sociolekt"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "sociolekt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
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"word": "sociolect"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "sociolekto"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "sosiolekt"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "stættarmálføri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "sosiolekti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sociolecte"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sociolecto"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sociolekṭi",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "სოციოლექტი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Soziolekt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "koinoniólektos",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κοινωνιόλεκτος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "סוציולקט"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "szociolektus"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stéttamállýska"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "félagsleg málgerð"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "sosiolek"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "li",
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"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "sociolek"
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{
"code": "lmo",
"lang": "Lombard",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "sociolet"
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sociolékt",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "социоле́кт"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sosiolekt"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
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"feminine",
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],
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},
{
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "sociolèt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "socjolekt"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "socioleto"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "sociolect"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sociolékt",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "социоле́кт"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "sociolekt"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "sociolekt"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sociolecto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sociolekt"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "sosyolek"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "sotsiolekt",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "социолект"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sociolekt",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "соціолект"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
"word": "phương ngữ xã hội"
}
],
"word": "sociolect"
}
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