sociolinguist
/ˌsoʊsioʊˈlɪŋɡwɪst/
noun
- A person who studies the relationship between language and society.
- The sociolinguist interviewed people from different neighborhoods to study accents.
- As a sociolinguist, she focuses on how language changes with age and class.
- The university hired a sociolinguist to research bilingual communities.
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