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Sociolinguistics aims to study the effects of language use within and upon societies and the reciprocal effects of social organization and social contexts on language use. In contemporary theoretical perspectives, sociolinguists view language and society as being mutually constitutive : each influences the other in ways that are inseparable and ...
Sep 8, 2024 · Sociolinguistics is the study of the connection between language and society, and the way people use language in social situations. It asks the question, "How does language affect the social nature of human beings, and how does social interaction shape language?"
- Ashley Crossman
Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition is a comprehensive textbook that bridges the gap between the fields of sociolinguistics and second language acquisition, exploring the variety of ways in which social context influences the acquisition of a second language.
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May 25, 2023 · Sociolinguists became interested in the role of language differences in education and language diagnosis, since AAL was linguistically dissonant with the language of education most commonly used by language gatekeepers in the schools.
- Walt Wolfram
- 17, Issue4
- 25 May 2023
- Language Variation
- Language Contact
- Language Change and Language Standards
One of the major contributors to modern sociolinguists is William Labov. Labov’s work provided a significant shift in how sociolinguists approached linguistic variation. His MA thesis entitled, “The Social Motivation of a Sound Change,” published in Word in 1963, was based on work he did in the resort area of Martha’s Vineyard. In this study he dem...
Another area of sociolinguistics that has been investigated in recent years is language contact and the development of pidgins and creoles. Pidgins come into being through the interaction of individuals who have minimal needs to communicate with one another and no shared language. Typically they develop in coastal areas for trade or forced labor pu...
One common effect of language contact is language change. In such cases the various languages used within a multilingual context may undergo phonological, lexical, and grammatical changes as bilinguals make use of two or more languages on a regular basis. This situation is occurring in many countries today where English has an official role in the ...
- Sandra Lee Mckay
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Sociolinguistics is the study of the relationship between language and society. Sociolinguistics is concerned with how language use interacts with, or is affected by, social factors such as gender, ethnicity, age or social class, for instance.
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Sep 30, 2013 · In this classic introductory work, Janet Holmes examines the role of language in a variety of social contexts, considering both how language works and how it can be used to signal and interpret various aspects of social identity.
