SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND ITS PRINCIPLES
Keywords:
Sociolinguistics, micro-linguistics, macrolinguistics, sociology, gender, attachment, ethnomethodogical research, geolonguistics, speech communities.Abstract
In this article the author investigates sociolinguistics as an independent branch of linguistics, the relationships between language and society to understand structure and its role in communication. Sociolingustics study the way social structure influences people speak and language varieties and usage patterns correlate with social attributes like class, gender, and age. the sociology of language aims to understand social structures by studying language, such as how specific linguistic features define certain social arrangements.
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