WHAT IS SOCIOLINGUISTICS?
What
is sociolinguistics?
Language
is a centre to social interaction in all societies, regardless of place and
time period. There is a mutual relationship between language and social
interaction: language forms social interactions and social interactions form
language. The terms of sociocultural contexts and variations of language may be
covered in sociolinguistics study (HS Ahmad, 2015).
Definitions of
Sociolinguistics
There are several
researchers or linguists give the definition of sociolinguistics in different
perspective.
1. The study of the relationship between
language and society, of language variation, and of language attitudes (Spolsky
in Halima, 2012).
2. An anthropological linguistics branch that
explores how language and culture are connected and how language is used in
various social contexts (Bell in Halima, 2012).
3. A study of the correlation between
language and social variables such as class, age, gender and ethnicity (Hudson
in Halima, 2012).
4. The study of language's stylistic and
social variance (Wardhaugh in Halima, 2012).
5. The study of language in relation to its
socio-cultural context (Van Dijk in Halima, 2012).
6. Sociolinguistics is the study of the
influence of all facets of culture on the way language is used, including
societal values, perceptions and meaning (Trudgill in Halima, 2012).
7. Sociolinguistics as the science that
explores the goals and roles of language in culture (Yasemin in HS Ahmad, 2015).
In
all these definitions that sociolinguistics is a discipline that connects
sociology with linguistics. It is a branch of sociology and as a concept, it
concerns how language use is a determinant of the linguistic requirements of a
given society. The linguistic codes of any culture are acceptable for
interaction (Meyerhoff, 2006).
In
conclusion, sociolinguistics is a field of study that studies the use of
language related to social society and culture. In sociolinguistics, the object
of study is speakers, how they use language, and what factors influence them in
using their language.
References
HS,
Ahmad. (2015) SOCIOLINGUISTICS IN LANGUAGE TEACHING. MABASAN, 9(2), 66—77.
10.26499/mab.v9i2.159.
Varpe,
M. G. (2017). BASIC CONCEPTS IN SOCIOLINGUISTICS. IMPACT: International
Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Literature, 5(12), 7-12. Available at
SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3093529
Halima,
B. (2012). BASIC CONCEPTS IN SOCIOLINGUISTICS. UNIVERSITY OF OUARGLA – Algeria, 11(13), 11-12.
Available at https://revues.univ-ouargla.dz/index.php/numero-13-2012/285-basic-concepts-in-sociolinguistics-benzoukh-halima-university-of-ouargla-algeria
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