sociolectnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsəʊ.si.ə.lekt/us/ˈsoʊ.si.oʊ.lekt/specializedthe form of a language that people in a particular social group speak
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Ways of speaking
- accent
- accentuate
- aitch
- asperity
- BBC English
- cut glass
- dialect
- enunciate
- get your tongue around/round sth idiom
- lenis
- modulate
- monotone
- plummy
- pragmatics
- singsong
- soft-spoken
- speech therapy
- spoken
- stumble
- trip off the tongue idiom
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