"sociolect" meaning in English

See sociolect in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsəʊ.ʃɪ.ə(ʊ).lɛkt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-sɪ-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsəʊ.ʃə(ʊ).lɛkt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsoʊ.ʃi.əˌlɛkt/ [General-American], /-si-/ [General-American], /ˈsoʊ.ʃəˌlɛkt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sociolect.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sociolects [plural]
Etymology: socio- + -lect, by analogy with dialect, idiolect, etc. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|socio|lect}} socio- + -lect, {{m|en|dialect}} dialect, {{m|en|idiolect}} idiolect Head templates: {{en-noun}} sociolect (plural sociolects)
  1. (sociolinguistics) The variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc. Wikipedia link: sociolect Categories (topical): Society, Sociolinguistics Hypernyms: dialect Meronyms: idiolect Related terms: sociolectal, sociolectally, sociolectic, sociolectical, sociolectically, argot, cant, chronolect, jargon, slang Coordinate_terms: communalect, ecolect, ethnolect, familect, idiolect, regiolect, topolect Translations (variant of language used by a social group): sosiolek (Afrikaans), لهجة اجتماعية (Arabic), sosiolekt (Azerbaijani), soziolekto (Basque), sokiolektenn (Breton), социален диалект (socialen dialekt) (Bulgarian), sociolecte (Catalan), 社會方言 (Chinese Mandarin), 社会方言 (shèhuì fāngyán) (Chinese Mandarin), sociolekt (Czech), sociolekt (Danish), sociolect [neuter] (Dutch), sociolekto (Esperanto), sosiolekt (Faroese), stættarmálføri [neuter] (Faroese), sosiolekti (Finnish), sociolecte [masculine] (French), sociolecto [masculine] (Galician), სოციოლექტი (sociolekṭi) (Georgian), Soziolekt [masculine] (German), κοινωνιόλεκτος (koinoniólektos) [feminine] (Greek), סוציולקט (Hebrew), szociolektus (Hungarian), stéttamállýska [feminine] (Icelandic), félagsleg málgerð [feminine] (Icelandic), sosiolek (Indonesian), socioletto [masculine] (Italian), sociolek (Limburgish), sociolet (Lombard), социоле́кт (sociolékt) [masculine] (Macedonian), sosiolekt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sosiolekt [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sociolèt (Piedmontese), socjolekt (Polish), socioleto [masculine] (Portuguese), sociolect (Romanian), социоле́кт (sociolékt) [masculine] (Russian), sociolekt (Serbo-Croatian), sociolekt (Slovak), sociolecto [masculine] (Spanish), sociolekt [common-gender] (Swedish), социолект (sotsiolekt) (Tatar), соціолект (sociolekt) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "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, 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], →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, 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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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "word": "סוציולקט"
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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], 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.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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, 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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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], →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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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, 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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "The variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc."
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "ethnic group",
          "ethnic group"
        ],
        [
          "age",
          "age#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sociolinguistics) The variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
        "social-science",
        "sociolinguistics",
        "sociology"
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    },
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsoʊ.ʃi.əˌlɛkt/",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
      "word": "sosiolek"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
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    },
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      "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"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
      "word": "sokiolektenn"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "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",
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    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
      "word": "sociolekt"
    },
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      "sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sociolect"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
      "word": "sociolekto"
    },
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      "sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
      "word": "sosiolekt"
    },
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      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "socioletto"
    },
    {
      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
      "word": "sociolek"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "variant of language used by a social group",
      "word": "sociolet"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "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",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sosiolekt"
    },
    {
      "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": "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"
    }
  ],
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}

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