sociolect

noun
/ˈsəʊ.ʃɪ.ə(ʊ).lɛkt/UK/ˈsoʊ.ʃi.əˌlɛkt/US

Etymology

From socio- + -lect, by analogy with dialect, idiolect, etc.

Definitions

  1. The variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic…

    The variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc.

    • […] I believe that it is mistaken to maintain that the language of ideology is a discrete ‘sociolect’, a sort of meta-language which draws upon but remains distinct from the language of everyday life.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sociolect. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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