sociolinguist

English

Etymology

Back-formation from sociolinguistics.

Noun

sociolinguist (plural sociolinguists)

  1. A person who studies sociolinguistics.

Translations

References

  • "The "quick look at the markets" on news bulletins is a form of what sociolinguists call phatic communication: a message without any real content, just there for the sake of communicating something." - Moran, Joe (16 January 2007) “A prayer with no meaning”, in Guardian Unlimited‎[1], www.guardian.co.uk, retrieved 26 January 2007
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