sociolect
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sociolect
- /ˈsəʊ.ʃɪ.ə(ʊ).lɛkt/ UK
- /-sɪ-/ UK
- /ˈsəʊ.ʃə(ʊ).lɛkt/ UK
- /ˈsoʊ.ʃi.əˌlɛkt/ US
- /-si-/ US
- /ˈsoʊ.ʃəˌlɛkt/ US
Where it comes from
From socio- + -lect, by analogy with dialect, idiolect, etc.
noun sociolects
- The variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc. The French literary critic Roland Barthes has paid special attention to the relationship between the individual language ("idiolect") and the language of a collective of speech ("sociolect"). Public life is characterized by "social multilingualism." There are a number of languages, such as the langu
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noun variant of language used by a social group
| Español | sociolecto |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 社會方言 /社会方言 shèhuì fāngyán |
| Português | socioleto |
| Français | sociolecte |
| Deutsch | Soziolekt |
| Italiano | socioletto |
| Ελληνικά | κοινωνιόλεκτος koinoniólektos |
| Română | sociolect |
| Русский | социоле́кт sociolékt |
| Tiếng Việt | phương ngữ xã hội |
| العربية | لهجة اجتماعية |
| עברית | סוציולקט |
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title = {sociolect},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sociolect},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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