sociolect
Etymology
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Etymology
From socio- + -lect, by analogy with dialect, idiolect, etc.
Pronunciation- (RP) IPA: /ˈsəʊ.ʃɪ.ə(ʊ).lɛkt/, /-sɪ-/, /ˈsəʊ.ʃə(ʊ).lɛkt/
- (America) IPA: /ˈsoʊ.ʃi.əˌlɛkt/, /-si-/, /ˈsoʊ.ʃəˌlɛkt/
sociolect (plural sociolects)
- (sociolinguistics) The variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc.
- French: sociolecte
- German: Soziolekt
- Italian: socioletto
- Portuguese: socioleto
- Russian: социоле́кт
- Spanish: sociolecto
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