.
Sociolinguistics
锛?/p>
is
a
branch
of
linguistics
which
studies
all
aspects
of
the
relationship
between language and society.
What are the main factors leading to the growth of
sociolinguistics?
A.
The
general
recognition
of
the
importance
of
the
fact
that
language
is
a
very
variable
phenomenon and that this variability may have as much to do with society as with language.
B. The demand
made
by
the
development
of
modern
sciences
and
society
and
the
financial
support given by some capitalist governments such as the U.S. government.
C. The healthy climate for its growth created by the development of disciplines like sociology,
anthropology and psychology as it takes concepts and findings from them.
Sociolinguistics and related disciplines
Sociolinguistics
is
related
to
other
disciplines
such
as
anthropology,
psychology,
education
and
planning
as
it
has
drawn
a
lot
(e.g.
taking
concepts
and
findings)
from
the
work
done
by
anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, educators and planners who also use much work of
sociolinguistics to help their studies.
The present situation of sociolinguistics
锛?/p>
a. It has been a very important new branch of linguistics.
b. It has been a recognized part of most courses at university level on linguistics or language.
c. It is one of the main growth points in the study of language, from the point of both teaching
and research.
Features of the present sociolinguistics:
Many
numerous
theories,
vast
amounts
of
data,
and
important
consequences
of
new
discoveries for areas such as education and language planning, but there is no central doctrine that
must be adhered to
銆?/p>
.
Why do we study sociolinguistics?
a. Make a good use of what western linguistic achievements we think of as valuable to serve our
socialist construction on language.
b. Helpful to our language studies and teaching and learning.
鈥?/p>
Style
鈥?/p>
is usually understood within this area of study as the selection of certain linguistic forms
or features over other possible ones.
Variety :
A term we use to include any identifiable kind of language.
An Ethnography of speaking (an Ethnography of
Communication)
is an approach to the description of speech events that calls for an analysis of
each the relevant factors (or based on the actual observation).
銆?/p>
Conversational
Interchange
is
the
basic
unit
of
the
spoken
language,
where
two
or
more
speakers take turns to speak.
浼氳瘽浜ゆ祦銆?/p>
Turn-taking
is the rules for determining who speaks when in a conversational interchange.
璇濊疆杞崲銆?/p>
1. What is sociolinguistics? What are the approaches of it?
1) Sociolinguistics is the study of the relation between language and society; of social significance
of language variation and language use in different speech communities including regional, ethnic
and social groups. Sociolinguistics is also concerned with the impact of extra linguistic factors on
language use, such as age, gender, profession, and social status.
2) there are two approaches:
A)
macro-sociolinguistics
or
the
sociology
of
language;
pay
attention
to
the
whole
of