"sociolinguistics" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌsoʊsi.oʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/ [General-American], /ˌsəʊsi.əʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌsəʊʃjəʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: socio- + linguistics. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|socio|linguistics}} socio- + linguistics Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} sociolinguistics (uncountable)
  1. (linguistics) The study of social and cultural effects on language and vice-versa. Wikipedia link: sociolinguistics Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics, Sociolinguistics Derived forms: microsociolinguistics, macrosociolinguistics Related terms: sociolinguist, sociolinguistic, sociolect Translations (the study of social and cultural effects on language): sosiolinguistiek (Afrikaans), لِسَانِيَّات اِجْتِمَاعِيَّة (lisāniyyāt ijtimāʕiyya) (Arabic), հանրալեզվաբանություն (hanralezvabanutʻyun) (Armenian), sociollingüística [feminine] (Asturian), soziolinguistika (Basque), сацыялінгвістыка (sacyjalinhvistyka) [feminine] (Belarusian), সমাজভাষাবিজ্ঞান (śomajbhaśabiggên) (Bengali), sokioyezhoniezh [feminine] (Breton), социолингвистика (sociolingvistika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), соціолінґвістіка (sociolingvistika) [feminine] (Carpathian Rusyn), sociolingüística [feminine] (Catalan), 社會語言學 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 社会语言学 (siā-hōe giân-gú-ha̍k) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 社會語言學 (Chinese Cantonese), 社会语言学 (alt: se⁵ wui⁶⁻² jyu⁵ jin⁴ hok⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 社會語言學 (Chinese Mandarin), 社会语言学 (shèhuìyǔyánxué) (Chinese Mandarin), yethonieth gowethasek (Cornish), sociolinguistica [feminine] (Corsican), sociolingvistika [feminine] (Czech), sociolingvistik (Danish), sociolinguïstiek [feminine] (Dutch), sociolingvistiko (Esperanto), samfelagsmálvísindi [neuter, plural] (Faroese), sosiolingvistiikka (Finnish), sociolinguistique [feminine] (French), sociolingüística [feminine] (Galician), სოციოლინგვისტიკა (sociolingvisṭiḳa) (Georgian), Soziolinguistik [feminine] (German), κοινωνιογλωσσολογία (koinonioglossología) [feminine] (Greek), sosyolengwistik (Haitian Creole), בַּלְשָׁנוּת חֶבְרָתִית (balshanút khevratít) [feminine] (Hebrew), समाजभाषाविज्ञान (samājbhāṣāvijñān) [masculine] (Hindi), szociolingvisztika (Hungarian), társasnyelvészet (Hungarian), sociolinguistiko (Ido), sosiolinguistik (Indonesian), sochtheangeolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), sociolinguistica [feminine] (Italian), 社会言語学 (shakaigengogaku) (Japanese), sosiolinguistik (Javanese), әлеуметтік тілтану (äleumettık tıltanu) (Kazakh), 사회언어학 (sahoeeoneohak) (Korean), социолингвистика (sotsiolingvistika) (Kyrgyz), sociolinguistica [feminine] (Latin), sociolingvistika [feminine] (Latvian), sociolinguïstiek (Limburgish), sociolingvistika [feminine] (Lithuanian), социолингвистика (sociolingvistika) [feminine] (Macedonian), സാമൂഹികഭാഷാശാസ്ത്രം (sāmūhikabhāṣāśāstraṁ) (Malayalam), sheshengoaylleeaght [feminine] (Manx), sociolîndgistique [feminine] (Norman), sosiolingvistikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sosiolingvistikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sociolingüistica [feminine] (Occitan), socjolingwistyka [feminine] (Polish), sociolinguística [feminine] (Portuguese), ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ (samājik bhāśā vigiāna) (Punjabi), sociolingvistică [feminine] (Romanian), социолингви́стика (sociolingvístika) [feminine] (Russian), sociolingueestics (Scots), социолингвѝстика [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sociolingvìstika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sociolinguìstica [feminine] (Sicilian), sociolingvistika [feminine] (Slovak), sociolingvistika [feminine] (Slovene), sociolingüística [feminine] (Spanish), sosiolinguistik (Sundanese), isimu jamii (Swahili), sociolingvistik [common-gender] (Swedish), sosyolingguwistika (Tagalog), toplum dil bilimi (Turkish), соціолінгві́стика (sociolinhvístyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sotsiolingvistika (Uzbek), ngôn ngữ học xã hội (Vietnamese), sociolinwince [feminine] (Walloon)

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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
          "word": "ngôn ngữ học xã hội"
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    },
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    },
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      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "eu",
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      "roman": "sacyjalinhvistyka",
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      "tags": [
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      "roman": "śomajbhaśabiggên",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "সমাজভাষাবিজ্ঞান"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sociolingvistika",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "sociolingvistika",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "соціолінґвістіка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
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    },
    {
      "alt": "se⁵ wui⁶⁻² jyu⁵ jin⁴ hok⁶",
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      "code": "nan-hbl",
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      "roman": "siā-hōe giân-gú-ha̍k",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "社會語言學"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "shèhuìyǔyánxué",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "社会语言学"
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      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "sociolingvistiko"
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      "word": "sosiolingvistiikka"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sociolinguistique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sociolingvisṭiḳa",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "სოციოლინგვისტიკა"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Soziolinguistik"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "koinonioglossología",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κοινωνιογλωσσολογία"
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      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "sosyolengwistik"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "balshanút khevratít",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "בַּלְשָׁנוּת חֶבְרָתִית"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "samājbhāṣāvijñān",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "szociolingvisztika"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "társasnyelvészet"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "sociolinguistiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sochtheangeolaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sociolinguistica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shakaigengogaku",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "社会言語学"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "sosiolinguistik"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "äleumettık tıltanu",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "әлеуметтік тілтану"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sahoeeoneohak",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "사회언어학"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "sotsiolingvistika",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "социолингвистика"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sociolinguistica"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sociolingvistika"
    },
    {
      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "sociolinguïstiek"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sociolingvistika"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sociolingvistika",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "социолингвистика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "sāmūhikabhāṣāśāstraṁ",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "സാമൂഹികഭാഷാശാസ്ത്രം"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sheshengoaylleeaght"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sociolîndgistique"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sosiolingvistikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sosiolingvistikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sociolingüistica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "socjolingwistyka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sociolinguística"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "samājik bhāśā vigiāna",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sociolingvistică"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sociolingvístika",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "социолингви́стика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "sociolingueestics"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "социолингвѝстика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sociolingvìstika"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sociolinguìstica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sociolingvistika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sociolingvistika"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sociolingüística"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "sosiolinguistik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "isimu jamii"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sociolingvistik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "sosyolingguwistika"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "toplum dil bilimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sociolinhvístyka",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "соціолінгві́стика"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "sotsiolingvistika"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "word": "ngôn ngữ học xã hội"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "the study of social and cultural effects on language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sociolinwince"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sociolinguistics"
}

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