SOCIOLINGUISTICS


Meaning of SOCIOLINGUISTICS in English

— sociolinguist , n. — sociolinguistic , adj. — sociolinguistically , adv.

/soh'see oh ling gwis"tiks, soh'shee-/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. )

the study of language as it functions in society; the study of the interaction between linguistic and social variables.

[ 1935-40; SOCIO- + LINGUISTICS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .