sociolinguistics
noun/ˌsəʊsiəʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/
/ˌsəʊsiəʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/
[uncountable]- the study of the way language is affected by differences in social class, region, sex, etc.
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