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SOCIOLINGUISTICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The study of language in relation to its sociocultural context
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sociolinguistics" is a kind of...):
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
Derivation:
sociolinguist (a linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication)
sociolinguistic (of or relating to sociolinguistics)
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