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What is a sociolect?

What is a sociolect? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (sociolinguistics) The variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc.
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The translator did his best to preserve the regional-subcultural color of African American sociolect by using a Serbian regional dialect.
It is rather a working class sociolect with influences from the various dialects found in the area and changing even with the professions of the workers.
Joual, a working class sociolect of Quebec, in particular exhibits a Norman influence.
Would it be fair to say that Gregory had recognized a sociolect in the original that warranted its rendition in Kiltartan in translation?
The patients responses are to be considered in light of their topolect and sociolect, with respect to both pronunciation and morphosyntax.
I speak with the standard middle-class sociolect and I 'belong' to the kidney-transplanted community.

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