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What is sociolinguistics?
What is sociolinguistics?
- The study of language acquisition
- The study of how society affects language (correct)
- The study of how language affects society
- The study of language structure
What does sociolinguistics overlap with?
What does sociolinguistics overlap with?
- Pragmatics (correct)
- Morphology
- Phonetics
- Syntax
What does sociolinguistics examine in terms of language usage?
What does sociolinguistics examine in terms of language usage?
- Differences in language structure
- Differences in usage and beliefs about usage among social classes (correct)
- Differences in language origins
- Differences in language acquisition
How do researchers typically collect data in the field of sociolinguistics?
How do researchers typically collect data in the field of sociolinguistics?
What does sociolinguistics study in terms of language usage variation?
What does sociolinguistics study in terms of language usage variation?