- "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."
This subfield looks at how cultural norms and expectations around gender and sexuality are constructed and reinforced through language and discourse, and how these constructions can be challenged and subverted.
Gender identity: Refers to a person's internal sense of being male, female, a combination of both, or neither.
Sexual orientation: Refers to a person's enduring pattern of romantic and/or sexual attractions to people of the same or opposite gender, or both.
Gender expression: Refers to the way a person presents their gender to the world through their behavior, appearance, and mannerisms.
Intersectionality: Refers to the interconnected nature of social categories such as race, gender, class, and sexuality, and how they intersect to create unique experiences of oppression and privilege for different individuals and communities.
Power dynamics: Refers to the ways in which power is distributed and exercised within society, often resulting in the marginalization and oppression of certain groups.
Patriarchy: Refers to a social system in which men hold primary power and authority, often at the expense of women and non-binary individuals.
Queer theory: Refers to a critical examination of heteronormativity and the social norms and expectations surrounding gender and sexuality.
Transgender rights: Refers to activism and advocacy aimed at securing legal and social recognition and protections for transgender individuals and communities.
Sexism and misogyny: Refers to the discrimination and devaluation of women and femininity, often perpetuated through cultural attitudes and beliefs.
Masculinity and masculinity norms: Refers to the ways in which masculinity is constructed and performed within society, often resulting in toxic and harmful behaviors and attitudes towards women and other marginalized groups.
Feminism: Refers to a broad social and political movement aimed at achieving gender equality and dismantling patriarchal systems and structures.
LGBTQ+ history: Refers to the historical struggles and achievements of the LGBTQ+ community, including early activism, the Stonewall riots, and the fight for marriage equality.
Body positivity: Refers to the movement towards accepting and celebrating diverse body types and challenging societal beauty standards and expectations.
Consent: Refers to the enthusiastic, clear, and ongoing communication between partners regarding sexual behavior and the necessity for all parties to provide affirmative consent before engaging in sexual activity.
Human rights: Refers to the legal and ethical principles aimed at securing the basic rights and dignity of all individuals, regardless of their gender or sexuality.
Cisgender: Refers to individuals who identify with the gender assigned to them at birth based on their sex. For example, a person who was assigned male at birth and identifies as male is considered cisgender.
Transgender: Refers to individuals who identify with a gender that differs from the gender assigned to them at birth based on their sex. For example, a person who was assigned male at birth but identifies as female is considered transgender.
Nonbinary: Refers to individuals who do not identify strictly as either male or female and may identify as neither or both. Nonbinary identities can include genderqueer, genderfluid, and other nonbinary identities.
Agender: Refers to individuals who do not identify with any gender, or who have a neutral or undefined gender identity.
Intersex: Refers to individuals born with physical sex traits that do not fit typical male or female categories.
Asexual: Refers to individuals who experience little or no sexual attraction to others.
Demisexual: Refers to individuals who experience sexual attraction to others only after forming an emotional connection.
Pansexual: Refers to individuals who are attracted to people of any gender identity or expression.
Bisexual: Refers to individuals who are attracted to people of both their own gender and other genders.
Queer: Refers to individuals who embrace a fluid and diverse understanding of their gender and sexuality and reject traditional binary categories.
- "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."