Sociolinguistics
Language variation and its relationship with society and identity.
Areas within Sociolinguistics
Phonetics and phonology
Speech sounds and sound systems.
5 wordsMorphology and syntax
Word structure and sentence structure.
7 wordsSemantics and pragmatics
Meaning in language and meaning in context.
6 wordsCorpus linguistics
The analysis of language using large structured collections of texts.
0 wordsHistorical linguistics
Language change and relationships between languages over time.
5 wordsSociolinguistics
Language variation and its relationship with society and identity.
8 wordsMorphology
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
32 wordsPhonetics
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
59 wordsPhonology
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
36 wordsPragmatics
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
329 wordsSemantics
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
15 wordsSyntax
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the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong…
Dialectnounthe usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong…
Idiomnounthe usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong…
Standard languagenounA particular variety of a language that is regarded as the most correct way of writing or speaking the language.; "Received Pronunciation (RP) i…
BilingualismnounUsing or being able to use two languages.
code-switchingnounChanging between languages or speech styles during a conversation.
Eye dialectnounthe use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker
Patoisnouna regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard