sociolinguistic

Adjective

Meaning

of or relating to sociolinguistics

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

etymological affective cognitive expressive communicative discursive cultural grammatical gestural sociolinguistics behavioral glossological sociolinguistically environmental contextual
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Related terms

sociolinguistics

Phrases with the word

sociolinguistic analysis sociolinguistic perspective sociolinguistic research sociolinguistic inquiry sociolinguistic study sociolinguistic theory

Examples

Using language communicatively involves the ability to use language at the grammatical level, sociolinguistic level, discourse and strategic levels (Canale & Swain 1980). Source: Internet

"The situation of the Macedonian language in Greece: sociolinguistic analysis", International Journal of the Sociology of Language 131, 125–55.; Friedman (2001). Source: Internet

It has the highest sociolinguistic prestige locally, as it is the variation used in the media and for other formal situations. Source: Internet

Liver (1999). p. 18 From a sociolinguistic perspective, however, this question is largely irrelevant, since the speakers of Romansh have always identified as speaking a language distinct from both Italian and other Romance varieties. Source: Internet

Other scholars argue that the distinctions are more rightly viewed as indicative of sociolinguistic and register differences normally found within any language. Source: Internet

Pütz, Martin (1995) "Official Monolingualism in Africa: A sociolinguistic assessment of linguistic and cultural pluralism in Africa", p. 155 in Discrimination through language in Africa? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sociolegally socioling sociolinguist sociolinguistic analysis sociolinguistic inquiry sociolinguistic perspective