sociolinguistics in English

noun
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the study of language in relation to social factors, including differences of regional, class, and occupational dialect, gender differences, and bilingualism.
If we look across the social and behavioral sciences - outside of sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics - there are remarkably few cases where linguistic analysis plays any explicit role in research.

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1. Three types of Autobiographic narratives are commonly examined in the study of sociolinguistics of bilingualism and SLA.

2. Basilect (plural Basilects) ( sociolinguistics ) A variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form, and is only considered suitable for very informal contexts by speakers

3. Basilect (plural Basilects) (sociolinguistics) A variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form, and is only considered suitable for very informal contexts by speakers

4. 2013, Allan Bell, The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics, John Wiley & Sons , page 83: At the other end of the continuum is the most standard speech, the Acrolect

5. In sociolinguistics, Acrolect is a creole variety that tends to command respect because its grammatical structures do not deviate significantly from those of the standard variety of the language.

6. Or by appointment As a Korean applied linguist, Professor Byon’s primary research areas are sociolinguistics, Korean-as-a-foreign language (KFL) pedagogy, and second language acquisition (for American KFL learners).

7. Basilect (plural Basilects) (sociolinguistics) A variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form, and is only considered suitable for very informal contexts by speakers. quotations ▼ Coordinate terms: acrolect, mesolect