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A 3 page definition of sociolinguistics. The author contends that the simple statement "English is spoken more widely than Chinese in Singapore" is not in itself a sociolinguistic observation. Sociolinguistics is concerned not with which language is spoken but how that language is spoken in context with certain social stimuli. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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our thoughts to others and in so doing to attain desired "biological, cognitive, and social/behavioral feedback" (McConnell, 1997). Sociolinguistics, in turn, studies the impact that society has on the
way that language is used. Sociological reflections such as cultural norms can dramatically impact language. Sociolinguistics is concerned, however, not with which language is spoken but how that language
is spoken in context with certain social stimuli. The simple observation that "English is spoken more widely than Chinese in Singapore" in itself, for example would not be a
sociolinguistic claim unless we fully examined what social contexts determined whether English or Chinese was spoken or if we examined how the English language was varied in accordance to social
stimuli. The fact that our use of language varies in accordance with social stimuli is well appreciated among linguists. The linguistic relativity
theory, a theory known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, is just one of the linguistic theories to more fully explores this contention. This theory was developed by Benjamin Lee Whorf
(a linguist and anthropologist) and Edward Sapir. The theory argues that language is a finite array of lexical and grammatical categories that group experiences into usable classes which vary
across cultures but influence thought. Theories such as that noted above recognize that human cultures differ from one another in regard
to the detail of their language and this in itself can be considered a sociolinguistic phenomena. Even the availability of words to apply to some objects might be limited
in accordance with societal context. One might assume that all cultures would have words for the most obvious things in the lives of those that are immersed in that
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