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Sociolect vs Topolect - What's the difference?

sociolect | topolect |

As nouns the difference between sociolect and topolect

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 topolect is a set of similar dialects that pertain to a larger distinct regional 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

    topolect

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A set of similar dialects that pertain to a larger distinct regional dialect.
    • Dialects found in both Hangzhou and Shanghai belong to the Wu topolect .