sociolinguisticsnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌsəʊ.si.əʊ.lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪks/us/ˌsoʊ.si.oʊ.lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪks/the study of how language is used by different groups in society
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- affricate
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- anaphor
- anaphora
- anaphoric
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- ellipsis
- idiomatic
- irregular
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- linguistic
- litotes
- neurolinguistics
- oxymoron
- parallelism
- philology
- portmanteau word
- semiotics
- tone language
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