"sociolinguistic variable" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sociolinguistic variables [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sociolinguistic variable (plural sociolinguistic variables)
  1. (sociolinguistics) A feature, either lexical or phonetical, that is correlated with extralingual factors such as the setting, speaker, addressee etc. Categories (topical): Sociolinguistics Translations (Translations): sosiolingvistinen muuttuja (Finnish), soziolinguistische Variable [feminine] (German), czynnik socjolingwistyczny [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-sociolinguistic_variable-en-noun-soZ4Kpr~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, social-science, sociolinguistics, sociology

Inflected forms

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