Sociolinguistics Overview

The historical interrelation with anthropology

The overlap with pragmatics

The effect of language on society (correct)

The effect of society on language

Linguistic anthropology focuses on individual language use, while sociolinguistics studies language variation

Linguistic anthropology focuses on societal effects on language, while sociolinguistics studies language in the context of culture and society

Sociolinguistics focuses on societal effects on language, while linguistic anthropology studies language in the context of culture and society (correct)

Sociolinguistics focuses on individual language use, while linguistic anthropology studies language variation

Conversational interviews with members of a population of interest (correct)

Statistical analysis of language patterns in a given region

Analysis of written texts and literature

Historical records and documents

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<p>Matched-guise tests (in which listeners share their evaluations of linguistic features they hear)</p> Signup and view all the answers