- "Sociolinguistics is the descriptive study of the effect of any or all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on language and the ways it is used."
The study of language and its development over time, with particular emphasis on the role of languages in shaping cultural identity.
Proto-Indo-European language: The reconstructed language spoken in the Iron Age era, which is the ancestor of many modern languages spoken today.
Phonology: The study of the sound system of a language, including the rules for pronunciation and the patterns of sound change over time.
Morphology: The study of the structure of words and how they are formed from smaller units called morphemes.
Syntax: The study of the rules governing the arrangement of words to form sentences.
Semantics: The study of meaning in language, including how different words and phrases relate to each other and to the world around us.
Historical linguistics: The study of language change over time, including the processes of language evolution and the causes of language change.
Comparative linguistics: The study of the similarities and differences between languages, including their grammar, vocabulary, and sound systems.
Sociolinguistics: The study of the relationship between language and social factors, such as class, gender, race, and ethnicity.
Ethnolinguistics: The study of the relationship between language and culture, including how language is used to express cultural identity and beliefs.
Anthropological linguistics: The study of the relationship between language and culture, including how language is used to express cultural identity and beliefs.
Cognitive linguistics: The study of the relationship between language and thought, including how language shapes our perceptions and understanding of the world around us.
Language acquisition: The study of how humans acquire language, including the biological and environmental factors that contribute to language development.
Language universals: The study of common features found in all human languages, such as the use of syntax and the use of sound to communicate meaning.
Language typology: The study of the different types of languages spoken around the world and the ways in which they are structured.
Language processing: The study of how the brain processes language, including how we recognize and understand words, and how we produce speech.
Phonetics: Study of the physical properties of speech sounds (phonemes) and how they are produced, transmitted and perceived.
Phonology: Study of the sound systems of languages, including the rules for how sounds combine to form words.
Morphology: Study of the structure and formation of words, including prefixes, suffixes, and other meaningful elements.
Syntax: Study of the structure and rules governing the formation of sentences and phrases.
Semantics: Study of the meaning of words, phrases, and sentences.
Pragmatics: Study of how context affects the interpretation of meaning in language, including the social and cultural factors that influence language use.
Discourse analysis: Study of how language is used in specific contexts, including the analysis of written or spoken texts.
Sociolinguistics: Study of the relationship between language and social factors, including how language use reflects social identity, power relations, and language variation across different communities.
Psycholinguistics: Study of the cognitive processes underlying language acquisition, comprehension, and production.
Neurolinguistics: Study of the neural basis of language processing in the brain.
Computational linguistics: Study of the use of computers for processing and analyzing language data, including natural language processing, machine translation, and speech recognition.
Applied linguistics: Study of the practical applications of linguistic theories and research in fields such as language education, language policy, and language planning.
- "It can overlap with the sociology of language, which focuses on the effect of language on society."
- "Sociolinguistics is closely related to linguistic anthropology."
- "Sociolinguistics' historical interrelation with anthropology can be observed in studies of how language varieties differ between groups separated by social variables and/or geographical barriers."
- "Such studies examine how such differences in usage and differences in beliefs about usage produce and reflect social or socioeconomic classes."
- "As the usage of a language varies from place to place, language usage also varies among social classes."
- "Sociolinguistics can be studied in various ways such as interviews with speakers of a language, matched-guise tests, and other observations or studies related to dialects and speaking."
- "Sociolinguistics is the descriptive study of the effect of any or all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on language and the ways it is used."
- "Sociolinguistics is closely related to linguistic anthropology."
- "Sociolinguistics overlaps considerably with pragmatics."
- "Such studies also examine how such differences in usage and differences in beliefs about usage produce and reflect social or socioeconomic classes."
- "Such studies examine how language varieties differ between groups separated by...geographical barriers (a mountain range, a desert, a river, etc.)."
- "Sociolinguistics studies language varieties differ between groups separated by social variables."
- "The sociology of language focuses on the effect of language on society."
- "Sociolinguistics is the descriptive study of the effect of any or all aspects of society, including cultural norms."
- "Sociolinguistics is the descriptive study of the effect of any or all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on language and the ways it is used."
- "Language usage also varies among social classes, and it is these sociolects that sociolinguistics studies."
- "Sociolinguistics can be studied in various ways such as...matched-guise tests."
- "Such studies examine how language varieties differ between groups separated by social variables (e.g., ethnicity, religion, status, gender, level of education, age, etc.)."
- "Sociolinguistics is the descriptive study of the effect of any or all aspects of society... Sociolinguistics' historical interrelation with anthropology can be observed in studies of how language varieties differ between groups separated by social variables and/or geographical barriers."