sociolect
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In sociolinguistics, a sociolect is a form of language (non-standard dialect, restricted register) or a set of lexical items used by a socioeconomic class, profession, age group, or other social group.
A sociolect is a way of speaking that's distinctive to a particular social group—whether defined by income level, profession, age, or another shared characteristic—and typically includes its own vocabulary and speech patterns. Understanding sociolects matters because they reveal how language varies across society and can influence how people perceive and interact with one another based on the way they speak.
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Within Vinony's link graph, sociolect is referenced by 169 other articles, and connects out to dialect, variation and philosophy.
Vinony files it under Dialectology, Language varieties and styles and Linguistics terminology.
Its subject is documented across 51 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- dialect
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- ontology.londisizwe.org/mola#Sociolect
- opposite of
- geolect
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Article · Nederlands
Sociolect (sociaal dialect) is een term die in de taalkunde, de sociolinguïstiek en de sociologie wordt gebruikt voor een taalvariant die typerend is voor een bepaalde sociale groepering. Het wordt ook wel sociale taalvariatie genoemd.
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