#sociolinguistics
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #sociolinguistics from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-16 18:23 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
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measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-16 18:23 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-16 18:23 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~11573 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 08:00
Languages: English (39) · Portuguese (1)
Avg boosts / post: 1.6
Top of the latest posts
A fascinating story from Katty Kay from the @BBC_News_Labs where she interviews Dr Matthias Mehl about research with Dr Valeria Pfeifer mapping the decline of speech volume over the last 20 years. Using a meta-analysis approach during a rep
V. A. Young (2009) argued against #codeswitching for non-White #US #students (i.e., learning #academic #language and using that in #school rather than their home variety) and for "code meshing" (i.e., blending both varieties in formal conte
New Study Reveals Language Evolves in Predictable, Weather-Like Patterns, Researchers Say Language is ever evolving—from ancient dialects to modern slang, the words and accents people use are… #NewsBeep #News #Science #AU #Australia #cultur
What “sociolinguistics” means
Wiktionary · Wikipediasociolinguistics/ˌsəʊsi.əʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/
- nounThe study of social and cultural effects on language and vice-versa.
Sociolinguistics is the descriptive and scientific study of how language is shaped by and used differently within any given society. The field largely looks at how a language varies between distinct social groups and under the influence of assorted cultural norms, expectations, and contexts, including how that variation plays a role in language change. Sociolinguistics combines the older field of dialectology with the social sciences in order to identify regional dialects, sociolects, ethnolects
“Sociolinguistics” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#sociolinguistics across platforms
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