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PRONUNCIATION OF SOCIOLINGUIST

sociolinguist  [ˌsəʊsɪəʊˈlɪŋɡwɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOCIOLINGUIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sociolinguist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOCIOLINGUIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sociolinguist

Sociolinguistics

Sociolinguistics is the descriptive study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used, and the effects of language use on society. Sociolinguistics differs from sociology of language in that the focus of sociolinguistics is the effect of the society on the language, while the sociology of language focuses on language's effect on the society. Sociolinguistics overlaps to a considerable degree with pragmatics. It is historically closely related to linguistic anthropology and the distinction between the two fields has even been questioned recently. It also studies how language varieties differ between groups separated by certain social variables, e.g., ethnicity, religion, status, gender, level of education, age, etc., and how creation and adherence to these rules is used to categorize individuals in social or socioeconomic classes. As the usage of a language varies from place to place, language usage also varies among social classes, and it is these sociolects that sociolinguistics studies.

Definition of sociolinguist in the English dictionary

The definition of sociolinguist in the dictionary is a person who studies language in relation to its social context.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOCIOLINGUIST


acquist
əˈkwɪst
bilinguist
ˌbaɪˈlɪŋɡwɪst
ethnolinguist
ˌeθnəʊˈlɪŋɡwɪst
intwist
ɪnˈtwɪst
linguist
ˈlɪŋɡwɪst
monolinguist
ˌmɒnəʊˈlɪŋɡwɪst
multilinguist
ˌmʌltɪˈlɪŋɡwɪst
neurolinguist
ˌnjʊərəʊˈlɪŋɡwɪst
psycholinguist
ˌsaɪkəʊˈlɪŋɡwɪst
quist
kwɪst
retwist
ˌriːˈtwɪst
soliloquist
səˈlɪləkwɪst
supertwist
ˈsuːpərˌtwɪst
twist
twɪst
untwist
ʌnˈtwɪst
unwist
ʌnˈwɪst
ventriloquist
vɛnˈtrɪləkwɪst
whist
wɪst
wist
wɪst
Yahwist
ˈjɑːwɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOCIOLINGUIST

sociobiologist
sociobiology
sociocultural
socioculturally
socioeconomic
socioeconomically
sociogram
sociohistorical
sociol.
sociolect
sociolinguistic
sociolinguistics
sociologese
sociological
sociologically
sociologism
sociologist
sociologistic
sociology
sociometric

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOCIOLINGUIST

Adrian Quist
altruist
buist
casuist
cataloguist
colloquist
euphuist
fuguist
jujuist
monologuist
revuist
Sinarquist
somniloquist
vacuist

Synonyms and antonyms of sociolinguist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sociolinguist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOCIOLINGUIST

Find out the translation of sociolinguist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sociolinguist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sociolinguist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

社会语言学家
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sociolingüista
570 millions of speakers

English

sociolinguist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sociolinguist
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اجتماعي ل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

социолингвист
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sociolingüista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমাজবিজ্ঞানী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sociolinguiste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sociolinguist
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Soziolinguistin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sociolinguist
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sociolinguist
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sociolinguist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sociolinguist
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sociolinguist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Sociolinguist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sosyolengüistik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sociolinguista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sociolinguist
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

соціолінґвіст
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sociolinguist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sociolinguist
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Sociaal taalkundige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sociolinguist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sociolinguist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sociolinguist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOCIOLINGUIST»

The term «sociolinguist» is used very little and occupies the 161.842 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOCIOLINGUIST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sociolinguist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOCIOLINGUIST»

Discover the use of sociolinguist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sociolinguist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Writing in Nonstandard English
Dickens. as. Sociolinguist: Dialect. in. David. Copperfield. Patricia. Poussa. University. of. Umed. 1. Introduction In his “Autobiographical fragment”, written 1847, Dickens mentioned his boyish enjoyment of Fielding's Tom Jones and Smollett's ...
Irma Taavitsainen, Gunnel Melchers, Päivi Pahta, 2000
2
Sociolinguists: Allan Bell (Sociolinguist), Ana Maria ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
3
Language in the USA
Glenn G. Gilbert, a sociolinguist. had graduate study in both Germany and France before receiving his doctorate in linguistics from Harvard University. He has specialized in German linguistics, the study of pidgin and creole languages, and  ...
Charles A. Ferguson, Shirley Brice Heath, David Hwang, 1981
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Linguistics For Dummies
Sociolinguist/Dialectologist. Typical career goals: Mapping the varieties of a language and correlating language variation with education, social class, gender , region, and context of use. Sociolinguists publish books and research papers ...
Rose-Marie Dechaine, Strang Burton, Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson, 2012
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Early Biblical Hebrew, Late Biblical Hebrew, and Linguistic ...
The Basic Unit for Collecting Data In collecting data from the Hebrew Bible corpus, we should ask an impor- tant question, one that a sociolinguist or a historical sociolinguist would not need to worry about: that is, what is the basic unit for ...
Dong-Hyuk Kim, 2012
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Labov: A Guide for the Perplexed
He has been the most frequently cited sociolinguist for at least the past forty years , and his influence has been acknowledged in footnotes and prefaces to no doubt hundreds of scholarly articles and books. What Chambers, Trudgill, and ...
Matthew J. Gordon, 2013
7
Theoretical Issues in Contrastive Linguistics
The sociolinguist who is not only aware of the exist— ence of language variation (we believe that all inguists are), but also in a principled manner attends to this fact in his academic endeavors, can hardly approve of comparing aspects of for ...
Jacek Fisiak, 1981
8
Language Planning
From the stance of political linguistics, on the African continent the future appears to be a multilingual one. With regard to coping with that future, the sociolinguist will be a great help. Sociolinguistics and Status Planning State-level language ...
David F. Marshall, 1991
9
Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of ...
Several years ago a well-known male sociolinguist (for obvious reasons 1 feel it politic to protect the identity of [his prestigious scholar; I will note, however, that the sociolinguist in question was not Dell Hymes) was discussing ghost-sighting  ...
Camille Bacon-Smith, 1992
10
An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
What. do. sociolinguists. study? 1. 1. What. is. a. sociolinguist? Sociolinguists. study the relationship between language and society. They are interested in explaining why we speak differently in different social contexts, and they are concerned ...
Janet Holmes, Professor of Linguistics Janet Holmes, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOCIOLINGUIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sociolinguist is used in the context of the following news items.
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The stereotypical Scottish 'R' is disappearing, but it's not necessarily …
Eleanor Lawson is a sociolinguist at the University of Glasgow and Queen Margaret University (QMU) in Edinburgh and has conducted research on the ... «PRI, Jul 15»
2
Younger Scots slowly losing distinctive burr, say linguists
Lawson, a sociolinguist, said: “What we found is that some Scottish speakers are delaying the 'r' gesture, so it's happening in silence afterwards. They're not ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
AP PHOTOS: Pope encountering rich indigenous traditions
The 2009 U.N. Sociolinguist Atlas of Latin America said 71 percent of the people in Ecuador's highlands are indigenous while 90 percent are in Bolivia. «FOX6 WBRC - MyFoxAL.com, Jul 15»
4
What we say, what we hear
Sociolinguist Deborah Tannen has studied and written extensively about this problem in communication. In two of her books, “That's Not What I Meant,” and “You ... «Daytona Beach News-Journal, Jul 15»
5
CoastLine: African American English may be a Legit Language, But …
The terminology, however, has shifted to African American Vernacular English. Sociolinguists say the language patterns that make up this kind of English are not ... «WHQR, Jun 15»
6
The uncertain future of Spanish in Miami-Dade classrooms
“People believe that Spanish is inevitable here, but it's really not,” said Phillip Carter, a sociolinguist at Florida International University. “The Spanish that we hear ... «Washington Times, May 15»
7
1000 Songs From Holocaust Survivors Archived
Miriam Isaacs, a sociolinguist who has been studying the collection, says there's all kinds of stuff in the music. "There's babies crying, there's women giggling, ... «NPR, May 15»
8
Film captures dying language in NC
Hutcheson worked on the film with Danica Cullinan, a documentary filmmaker specializing in linguistic diversity in North Carolina, and NCSU sociolinguist Walt ... «Charlotte Observer, Apr 15»
9
Joshua Fishman, Yiddishist and Linguistics Pioneer, Dies at 88
Sociolinguist, Yiddish scholar and advocate for endangered languages Joshua (Shikl) Fishman died March 1 in New York. He leaves behind his wife of more ... «Jewish Daily Forward, Mar 15»
10
12 times people got a bit hysterical over the Welsh accent
Comments (1) A sociolinguist at Cardiff University has confirmed what we already knew: the Welsh accent is officially attractive.Dr Mercedes Durham collected ... «Southwales Evening Post, Nov 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sociolinguist [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sociolinguist>. May 2024 ».
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