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Sociolect vs Isolect - What's the difference?

sociolect | isolect |

As nouns the difference between sociolect and isolect

is that sociolect is the variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc while isolect is (linguistics) a language or dialect; coined as a neutral term between ‘language’ and ‘dialect’ .

sociolect

English

(wikipedia sociolect)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc.

    • Related terms

    * dialect * idiolect * ethnolect * ecolect

    See also

    * slang

    isolect

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) A language or dialect; coined as a neutral term between ‘language’ and ‘dialect.’
  • * 1967', Alfred B. Hudson, ''The Barito '''Isolects of Borneo: a Classification Based on Comparative Reconstruction and Lexicostatistics , page 53,
    • Dohoi is distinctive among all the Barito isolects .
  • * 2003 , Ralph W. Fasold, The Sociolinguistics Of Language , page 200,
    • At the same time, the ordering of isolects that is finally chosen must give the right results for (virtually) all the environments.
  • * 2008 , Keith Brown, Sarah Ogilvie, Malay'', entry in ''Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World , page 677,
    • While Middle Malay, Minangkabau, and Kerinci have inland and west coast variants as their origin, Malay itself developed from isolects spoken on the east coast.

    Related terms

    * lect