sociolinguist

Four native-born residents from different neighborhoods talk to a sociolinguist and documentary filmmaker who have studied the city's signature speech patterns.

You Tawkin' to New Yawk?

An undergrad professor of mine (sociolinguist) felt that these quick changes are probably due to “misuse” (neo-use?) in the popular media.

Flout good taste; flaunt your excesses « Motivated Grammar

As an sociolinguist, I can tell you there is no such thing as ‘American’ English, and vocabulary varies based on regional differences just like anywhere else.

I say pyjama…

We assume this, anyway, because The New York Times billed the program as "a face-to-face, word-to-word confrontation," and even though Bly insisted at the outset that this was just typical media exaggeration, what else could account for the sellout crowd to hear a discussion between a mythic poet and a sociolinguist?

Speaking Softly, Carrying No Stick

The sociolinguist says a true apology has four parts: admitting fault, showing remorse, acknowledging damage and indicating how it will be repaired.

Contrition as Leadership

A University of Toronto sociolinguist finds that fewer Canadians are using a certain monosyllabic Canadian codeword these days.

odds and ends, eh

I happily carry barbs from a housemate (a computational linguist) to a senior colleague (a sociolinguist).

oh, the irony, part 2

Thus the native speaker of the grammarian would be different from the native speaker of the sociolinguist or the educationalist.

languagehat.com: NATIVE SPEAKER.

Thus the native speaker of the grammarian would be different from the native speaker of the sociolinguist or the educationalist.

languagehat.com: NATIVE SPEAKER.

But according to John Singler, a sociolinguist and chair of the New York University linguistics department, any word can evolve in the way "f___" has.

No C-Word, Please, We're American! Brits Export Last Linguistic Taboo