Example Sentences

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H. Samy Alim, a sociolinguist who studies Black cultural identity, identified the attack as a campaign strategy.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2024

However, sociolinguist Mercedes Durham has said it is "natural" for a language to adapt if it is to be preserved.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2023

In South Korea, meanwhile, according to the sociolinguist Joseph Sung-Yul Park, English is a “national religion”.

From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2018

“Clearly a Southerner, clearly a North Carolinian and clearly a foothills rather than a Piedmont or Coastal Plain guy,” Walt Wolfram, a sociolinguist at North Carolina State, said.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2017

Cognitive scientist and sociolinguist George Lakoff explains this as:

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2016