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Definition of
sociolect noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
sociolect
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈsoʊsioʊˌlɛkt
/
/
(
linguistics
)
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a variety of a language that the members of a particular social class or social group speak
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sociolect
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