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Sociolingusitics: Introduction - Coggle Diagram
Sociolingusitics: Introduction
Sociolinguistics
How language works in our casual conversations and the media we are exposed to
the presence of societal norms, policies, and laws which address language
not study about facts, but the study of ideas about how societal norms are intertwined with our language use
fields
regional dialects
multilingualism
language policy
non-sexist language
Approach
not as collection of facts
a way of viewing the world around you
analyze data
make generalizations
questions both findings and the process of doing research
go deeper than this generalizations
three steps
analysis
generalizations
examine generalizations in the findings and processes
language, society and sociolinguistics
society
a group of people who are drawn together for a certain purpose or purposes
language
system of communication particular to a group
how they are intertwined
society must have a language in which to carry out its purposes
we label ways of speaking with reference to their speakers
our purpose
to study the relationship between language and society in more specific ways which help us more clearly define and understand both social groups and the ways they speak
Wardhaugh, Ronald and Janet M. Fulle. 2014. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics (Seventh Edition). John Wiley & Sons.