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sociophonetics en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˌsəʊsi.əʊfəˈnɛtɪks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˌsəʊʃjəʊfəˈnɛtɪks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˌsoʊsi.oʊfəˈnɛtɪks/ (General-American)

Etymology

From socio- + phonetics.

Meanings

(uncountable) A branch of linguistics studying sociolinguistic aspects of speech sounds; the interaction between sociolinguistics and phonetics.