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sociolinguistic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌsəʊʃjəʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/
  • /ˌsəʊsi.əʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin sociusder. English socio- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. ▲ French -isteinflu. German -ist German Linguist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icusbor. Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)bor. German -ik German Linguistik Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old High German -isc Middle High German -isch German -isch German linguistischbor. English linguistic English sociolinguistic From socio- + linguistic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to sociolinguistics.
    • At an individual level then, sociolinguistic theory would predict that in Scotland, as elsewhere, individual speakers who have the skills may switch and shift between one variety and another in a predictable way. 2023, Clive Young, “chapter two: The Social Life of Scots”, in Unlocking Scots: The Secret Life of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Luath Press Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 42:

Deriveds

microsociolinguistic · macrosociolinguistic · sociolinguistic variable · nonsociolinguistic · sociolinguistically

Relateds

sociolinguistics

Translations (13)

ga sochtheangeolaíoch (pertaining to sociolinguistics) · nrf sociolîndgistique (pertaining to sociolinguistics) · af sosiolinguistiese (pertaining to sociolinguistics) · ca sociolingüístic (pertaining to sociolinguistics) · es sociolingüístico (pertaining to sociolinguistics) · gl sociolingüístico (pertaining to sociolinguistics) · fi sosiolingvistinen (pertaining to sociolinguistics) · de soziolinguistisch (pertaining to sociolinguistics) · ru социолингвистический (pertaining to sociolinguistics) · it sociolinguistico (pertaining to sociolinguistics) · pt sociolinguístico (pertaining to sociolinguistics) · oc sociolingüistic (pertaining to sociolinguistics) · nl sociolinguïstisch (pertaining to sociolinguistics)