sociolinguist

English

Etymology

Back-formation from sociolinguistics.

Noun

sociolinguist (plural sociolinguists)

1. A person who studies sociolinguistics.

Related terms

• sociolinguistics
• sociolinguistic

Translations

person that studies sociolinguistics

• Afrikaans: sosiolinguis
• Finnish: sosiolingvisti
• Hungarian: szociolingvista, társasnyelvész
• Norman: sociolîndgiste m or f
• Swedish: sociolingvist c

References

• "The "quick look at the markets" on news bulletins is a form of what sociolinguists call phatic communication: a message without any real content, just there for the sake of communicating something." - Moran, Joe (2007 January 16) “A prayer with no meaning”, in Guardian Unlimited‎^[1], www.guardian.co.uk, retrieved 2007-01-26