Sociolinguistics/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Linguistics [r]: The scientific study of language. ^[e]
• Language acquisition [r]: The study of how language comes to users of first and second languages. ^[e]

Subtopics

Linguistic variation [r]: The range of differences between varieties of language. [e] Multilingualism [r]: The state of knowing two or more languages, either in individuals or whole speech communities. [e] Creolistics [r]: The study of creole and pidgin languages. [e] Pragmatics [r]: Branch of linguistics concerned with language in use or the study of meaning as it arises from language occurring in context. [e] Discourse analysis [r]: Add brief definition or description

Language and gender [r]: Add brief definition or description Speech community [r]: Add brief definition or description Context [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Context (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed. Identity [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Identity (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.

Other related topics

Sociology [r]: Social science that studies human social behavior or social relations, social institutions and structures, demography, public opinion, social welfare, social psychology and some forms of political behavior, as well as the history of sociology. [e] Communication [r]: The set of interactive processes that create shared meaning. [e] Anthropology [r]: The holistic study of humankind; from the Greek words anthropos ("human") and logia ("study"). [e] Theoretical linguistics [r]: Core field of linguistics, which attempts to establish the characteristics of the system of language itself by postulating models of linguistic competence common to all humans. [e]

Applied linguistics [r]: The application of linguistic theories to practical issues and problems, such as language learning. [e] Literacy [r]: The competency to understand (and usually use) written language. [e] Media studies [r]: Add brief definition or description