sociolinguist

Noun

Meaning

a linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

linguist

Hypernyms

linguist linguistic scientist

Related terms

sociolinguistics sociolinguistic

Examples

His spouse, Virginia Hymes, is also a sociolinguist and folklorist. Source: Internet

Coray (2008). p. 125 In 1982, however, the then secretary of the Lia Rumantscha, a sociolinguist named Bernard Cathomas, launched a project for designing a pan-regional variety. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sociolegal sociolegally socioling sociolinguistic sociolinguistic analysis sociolinguistic inquiry