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Ecolinguistics vs Sociolinguistics - What's the difference?

ecolinguistics | sociolinguistics |

In linguistics|lang=en terms the difference between ecolinguistics and sociolinguistics

is that ecolinguistics is (linguistics) a paradigm of linguistic research which emerged in the 1990s and takes into account not only the social context in which language is embedded, but also the ecological context in which societies are embedded while sociolinguistics is (linguistics) the study of social and cultural effects on language.

As nouns the difference between ecolinguistics and sociolinguistics

is that ecolinguistics is (linguistics) a paradigm of linguistic research which emerged in the 1990s and takes into account not only the social context in which language is embedded, but also the ecological context in which societies are embedded while sociolinguistics is (linguistics) the study of social and cultural effects on language.

ecolinguistics

English

(wikipedia ecolinguistics)

Noun

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  • (linguistics) A paradigm of linguistic research which emerged in the 1990s and takes into account not only the social context in which language is embedded, but also the ecological context in which societies are embedded.

    • sociolinguistics

    English

    (wikipedia sociolinguistics)

    Noun

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  • (linguistics) The study of social and cultural effects on language.

    • Related terms

    * sociolinguist * sociolinguistic

    See also

    * sociolect