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sociolinguistics
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- Sociolinguistics is the study of how social context and the identities of individuals and groups (“socio-”) shape and are shaped by the ways in which speakers employ language (“-linguistics”). Sociolinguists are interested in describing and, when possible, explaining the use of language in the communities of speakers who use that language to communicate. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Sociolinguistics]
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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-W404MS88-N
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