1. a person who studies sociolinguistics, the relationship between language and society

Examples

• The sociolinguist studied how teenagers use slang differently across social groups.
• As a sociolinguist, she researches how accents vary by region and class.
• The university hired a new sociolinguist to teach courses on language and culture.
• The sociolinguist’s research focused on bilingual communities in urban areas.
• Many sociolinguists examine how language changes over time in different communities.
• The sociolinguist interviewed speakers to understand dialect variations.