Lexicology vs Sociolinguistics - What's the difference?
lexicology | sociolinguistics |
(uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
* 1949 Journal of Theological Studies
(countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.
(linguistics) The study of social and cultural effects on language.
As nouns the difference between lexicology and sociolinguistics
is that lexicology is (uncountable|linguistics) the part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon while sociolinguistics is (linguistics) the study of social and cultural effects on language.lexicology
English
(wikipedia lexicology)Noun
- The fifth is devoted to doctrine; the sixth and seventh to remarks on syntax and lexicology respectively.
