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Sociolinguistics

  • Unique Paper ID: 168465
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 5
  • PageNo: 1273-1275
  • Abstract:
  • Language is central to social interaction in every society, regardless of location and time period. Language and social interaction have a reciprocal relationship; language shapes social interactions and social interactions in turn shape language. The study of relationship between the language and the society assumes great significance. Generally the interaction between individuals takes place with the help of language which is affected by the sociocultural background of the individuals so to study the varying structure of language in a society becomes an important aspect for the overall development of society. Sociolinguistics is a term which examines the role of language in society. It also examines all aspects of the relationships between language and society. It also refers to the construction of societies on the basis of the structure of language used in these societies and vice-versa. Sociolinguistics is in many ways a blend of sociology and linguistics. It is sometimes referred to as the ‘sociology of language’, although the term suggests a bigger concern with sociological rather than linguistic explanations, whereas Sociolinguistics are principally concerned with language, or, to be more precise, with what Dell Hymes crucially calls ‘socially constituted’ language: with the way language is constructed by, and in turn helps to construct, society. Sociolinguistics research encompasses bilingual or diglossic communication where languages are used for different functions. Its popularity has grown very much as a reaction to the more ‘armchair’ methods or the principles of Chomsky regarding the structure of language, also referred as Chomskyan school. Generative linguists examine ‘idealised’ samples of speech in which utterances are complete, in a standard form of the language, and free from performance errors. Sociolinguistics, on the other hand, are more interested in ‘real’ speech, within and among communities.
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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 5
  • PageNo: 1273-1275

Sociolinguistics

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