Introduction to

Sociolinguistics

Create by : Masitoh & Tiara Monika

 THE TOPICS
• What is sociolinguistics ?
• What do sociolinguistics study ?
• Why language always changes ?

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 Definition of sociolinguistics

❖ Sociolinguistics is study how to lect differ between

group separated by certain social variables, religion,
age, gender, lever of educations, social status. And
how creation and adherence to this rules is use to
categorize individual in social class or socio economic
classes.
❖ Use of language in society

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What do sociolinguistics study ?

• Relationship between
language and society
• Explaining why we
speak differently in
different social and
context
• Identifying social
functions of language
and the way it is used
to convey social
meaning.

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 Why language always changes ?

Because language is product of

society

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