Example Sentences

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They said "most sociolinguistic studies of rhoticity" focused on the South West and "relatively little" was known about it in the North.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2023

Insights in language contact from these previous studies, in combination with sociolinguistic studies on language ideologies, were used by the researchers to present a comprehensive picture of how language varieties are distributed in societies.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2023

Together, they navigate the sociolinguistic landscape of South Florida in complex ways, knowing when and with whom to use which language – and when it’s OK to mix them.

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2023

Studying history and diving into the wealth of linguistic and sociolinguistic research around Black language broke Holland’s inferiority complex, he said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2022

And then you may do a sociolinguistic interview.

From Slate • May 18, 2021