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sociolinguistics

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /ˌsoʊsi.oʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsəʊsi.əʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsəʊʃjəʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The study of social and cultural effects on language and vice-versa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the study of language in relation to its sociocultural context

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: linguistics

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekw- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *sokwéh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokwh2ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokwyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin sociusder. English socio- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵhwéh2s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English linguist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English linguistics English sociolinguistics From socio- + linguistics.

Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sosiolinguistiek — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Arabic: لِسَانِيَّات اِجْتِمَاعِيَّة (lisāniyyāt ijtimāʕiyya) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Armenian: հանրալեզվաբանություն (hanralezvabanutʻyun) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Asturian: sociollingüística — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Basque: soziolinguistika — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Belarusian: сацыялінгвістыка (sacyjalinhvistyka) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Bengali: সমাজভাষাবিজ্ঞান (śomajbhaśabiggên) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Breton: sokioyezhoniezh — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Breton: kevredadyezhoniezh — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Bulgarian: социолингвистика (sociolingvistika) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Carpathian Rusyn: соціолінґвістіка (sociolingvistika) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Catalan: sociolingüística — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Chinese Cantonese: 社會語言學 /社会语言学 — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Chinese: 社會語言學 /社会语言学 (siā-hōe giân-gú-ha̍k) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 社會語言學 /社会语言学 (shèhuìyǔyánxué) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Cornish: yethonieth gowethasek — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Corsican: sociolinguistica — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Czech: sociolingvistika — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Danish: sociolingvistik — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Dutch: sociolinguïstiek — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Esperanto: sociolingvistiko — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Faroese: samfelagsmálvísindi — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Finnish: sosiolingvistiikka — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • French: sociolinguistique — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Galician: sociolingüística — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Georgian: სოციოლინგვისტიკა (sociolingvisṭiḳa) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • German: Soziolinguistik — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Greek: κοινωνιογλωσσολογία (koinonioglossología) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Haitian Creole: sosyolengwistik — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Hebrew: בַּלְשָׁנוּת חֶבְרָתִית (balshanút khevratít) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Hindi: समाजभाषाविज्ञान (samājbhāṣāvijñān) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Hungarian: szociolingvisztika — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Hungarian: társasnyelvészet — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Ido: sociolinguistiko — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Indonesian: sosiolinguistik — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Irish: sochtheangeolaíocht — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Italian: sociolinguistica — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Japanese: 社会言語学 (shakaigengogaku) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Javanese: sosiolinguistik — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Kazakh: әлеуметтік тілтану (äleumettık tıltanu) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Korean: 사회언어학 (sahoeeoneohak) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Kyrgyz: социолингвистика (sotsiolingvistika) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Latin: sociolinguistica — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Latvian: sociolingvistika — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Limburgish: sociolinguïstiek — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Lithuanian: sociolingvistika — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Macedonian: социолингвистика (sociolingvistika) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Malayalam: സാമൂഹികഭാഷാശാസ്ത്രം (sāmūhikabhāṣāśāstraṁ) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Manx: sheshengoaylleeaght — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Norman: sociolîndgistique — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sosiolingvistikk — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sosiolingvistikk — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Occitan: sociolingüistica — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Polish: socjolingwistyka — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Portuguese: sociolinguística — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Punjabi: ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ (samājik bhāśā vigiāna) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Romanian: sociolingvistică — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Russian: социолингви́стика (sociolingvístika) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Scots: sociolingueestics — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Serbo-Croatian: социолингвѝстика — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Serbo-Croatian: sociolingvìstika — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Sicilian: sociolinguìstica — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Slovak: sociolingvistika — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Slovene: sociolingvistika — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Spanish: sociolingüística — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Sundanese: sosiolinguistik — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Swahili: isimu jamii — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Swedish: sociolingvistik — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Tagalog: sosyolingguwistika — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Turkish: toplum dil bilimi — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Ukrainian: соціолінгві́стика (sociolinhvístyka) — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Uzbek: sotsiolingvistika — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ học xã hội — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Walloon: sociolinwince — the study of social and cultural effects on language
  • Welsh: ieithyddiaeth gymdeithasol — the study of social and cultural effects on language