sociolinguistics
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of sociolinguistics
First recorded in 1935–40; socio- + linguistics
Example Sentences
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Existing work from sociolinguistics showed that the social prestige of a language was considered the main factor leading to its extinction or survival.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023
So I reached out to Dr. Ronnie Collins, Sr., a Coppin State University professor who has studied sociolinguistics for more than 30 years, for some scholarly insights on accent erasure.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2022
Attempts to make bilingual classrooms illegal defy research in educational sociolinguistics, he warns.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2019
She also uses anecdotes from some of her students in the interactional sociolinguistics classes she teaches at Georgetown University.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2017
Mr. Wolk is the artistic director of All for One, a nonprofit theater company near the 26th-floor condominium he shares with his wife, Sandra Gillespie Wolk, a sociolinguistics scholar.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2016
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