languagesociology
nounUK /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ ˌsəʊ.siˈɒl.ə.dʒi/
US /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ ˌsoʊ.siˈɑː.lə.dʒi/
The study of how people use language in their everyday lives and groups.
She studied language sociology to understand why teenagers talk differently from their parents.
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2. The way a group's language changes because of its social setting.
The language sociology of the island shows how fishing words spread through the village.
3. A school subject that looks at language and society together.
He took a language sociology class to learn about accents and identity.
4. Research on how words and grammar reflect who people are and where they belong.
Their language sociology project compared how city and country kids greet each other.