variation

concept in linguistics, more than one way of saying the same thing
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variation

Summary

variation is a sociolinguistics term[1]. variation draws 133 Wikipedia views per month (sociolinguistics_term category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • variation's instance of is recorded as sociolinguistics term[3].
  • variation is a type of variation[4].
  • variation's Commons category is recorded as Variation (linguistics)[5].
  • variation's described by source is recorded as Soziolinguistika Hiztegia[6].
  • variation's described by source is recorded as Linguistic Variation[7].
  • variation's different from is recorded as language variety[8].
  • variation's different from is recorded as linguistic variable[9].
  • variation's different from is recorded as linguistic variability[10].
  • variation's different from is recorded as language change[11].
  • variation's studied by is recorded as sociolinguistics[12].
  • variation's studied by is recorded as dialectology[13].
  • variation's studied by is recorded as variational sociolinguistics[14].

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Definition and Type

variation's instance of is recorded as sociolinguistics term[3]. variation is a type of variation[4].

Why It Matters

variation draws 133 Wikipedia views per month (sociolinguistics_term category, ranking #2 of 2).[2] variation has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] variation is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of variation
    Described by source Soziolinguistika Hiztegia, Linguistic Variation
    Instance of sociolinguistics term
    Instance of
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|13 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 29749, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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