sociolinguist

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n. a researcher who studies the relationship between society and language, especially focusing on the influence of social and cultural factors on language usage.
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Pluralsociolinguists

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And these are the fun bits for the sociolinguists.

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I'm Dr. Erica Brozovsky, sociolinguist and certified word nerd.

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And to unpack it, I'm joined by sociolinguist and AAE researcher, Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Weissler.

Source: Fun Talk about Linguistics

Other sociolinguists focus on what happens when speakers of different languages interact.

Source: Starfire TEM-8 Listening [Comprehensive Practice 20+8 Articles]

I'm Dr. Rrica Brozovsky, sociolinguist and certified word nerd, and I've always been  fascinated with language.

Source: Fun Talk about Linguistics

Some sociolinguists believe that analyzing such variables as the use of a particular phoneme can predict the direction of language change.

Source: Starfire TEM-8 Listening [Comprehensive Practice 20+8 Articles]

One such bias is " similarity attraction" , which means that " we favour people who are like us" , explains Devyani Sharma, a sociolinguist at Queen Mary University of London.

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To answer that question (and many more), I'm excited to introduce the newest  addition to the Storied channel: Otherwords, a show all about language, hosted by sociolinguist  and certified word nerd Dr. Erica Brozovsky.

Source: Fun Talk about Linguistics

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