sociolinguistic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /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
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(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
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)