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Sociolinguistics is the study of the relationship between linguistic behaviour and social situations, roles, and functions. Rather than concentrating on individuals, sociolinguistics is centered on the speech community; defined as any group of people who share some set of social conventions, or sociolinguistic norms, for language use. This relationship between language and society encompasses a wide variety of social situations--from international relations to interpersonal relationships.

Subcategories

• African American Vernacular English
• Code Switching
• Dialects
• Diglossia
• Discourse Analysis
• Pidgins and Creoles

Resources in This Category

• Accents and Dialects of the UK

  http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/
  Learning resource of the British Library gives simple but detailed information on dialects and language variation in the UK.

• American Dialect Society

  http://www.americandialect.org/
  Scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America.

• Atlas of North American English

  http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/
  A survey of linguistic changes in progress in North American English.

• BBC - Voices

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/
  Resource for exploring language diversity in the UK features voice recordings of social and regional dialects, articles and news on linguistics and classroom materials.

• Buckeye Natural Speech Corpus

  http://buckeyecorpus.osu.edu/
  Corpus of conversations recorded in Columbus, Ohio provides data for the study of variation in speech. Data access information, forums and details about the project.

• Centre for Language and Ecology

  http://www.ecoling.net/
  Supporting research into discourse analysis of language/texts which have ecological impact.

• International Dialects of English Archive

  http://www.dialectsarchive.com/
  A repository of primary source recordings for actors and other artists in the performing arts.

• Language and Nationalism in Asia

  http://www.de-han.org/
  Research on language and orthographic reform in Han cultural sphere, including Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and China.

• Language and Social Interaction Division of NCA

  http://www.nca-lsi.org/
  Special division of the National Communication Association promotes the understanding of language as a tool for communication.

• Language Attitudes Toward Written Taiwanese

  http://ebook.de-han.org/attitude/
  A survey on current issues regarding the Taiwanese writing system.

• Language Policy Web Site

  http://www.languagepolicy.net/
  An exchange of news and views on English Only legislation, bilingual education, endangered languages and related issues of U.S. language policy.

• Language Varieties

  http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/
  Varieties of language that differ from the standard variety normally used in the media and taught in the schools.

• Linguistic Society of America - Sociolinguistics

  http://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/sociolinguistics
  A brief introduction to the field by Walt Wolfram of North Carolina State University.

• Lingva Prismo

  http://www.lingvo.info/
  Promoting the concept of interlingualism (balancing language equality with effective communication), with language maps, quizzes, and information on world languages and writing systems. In English, Esperanto, and several European languages.

• North Carolina Language and Life Project

  http://www.ncsu.edu/linguistics/ncllp/index.php
  An organization performing sociolinguistic research and leading educational programs in representative speech communities.

• PBS - Do You Speak American?

  http://www.pbs.org/speak/
  Companion material to a TV documentary examining the dynamic state of American (USA) English.

• Sociolingo’s African Linguistics

  http://sociolingo.wordpress.com/
  Mali weblog discusses African language policies and provides links to news and information on African sociolinguistics.

• Sociolinguistics and Computer Mediated Conversation

  http://sociocmc.blogspot.com/
  Online research group and community blog site explores the intersection of Sociolinguistics and Computer-Mediated Communication.

• Sociolinguistics as a Concept of 'Language'

  http://phiallfish.chez.com/und_essays/Sociolings.html
  Undergraduate essay compares the sociolinguistic view of language as a continuum of varieties to the formal linguistic view of a fixed structure of rules.

• Sociolinguistics at the Summer Institute of Linguistics

  http://www.sil.org/sociolx/
  Sociolinguistic research aids in the planning of SIL language development programs. View language survey results and publications of the SIL.

• Sociolinguistics Graduate Program at UPenn

  http://www.ling.upenn.edu/research/socio.html
  Leading graduate program in sociolinguistics includes links to associated faculty and scholars.

• Sociolinguistics Laboratory - University of Ottawa

  http://www.sociolinguistics.uottawa.ca/
  Research program concentrates on language change in different contact situations in Canada and elsewhere.

• Stanford University Sociolinguistics

  http://www.stanford.edu/dept/linguistics/socio/
  Stanford Sociolinguistics focuses on social influences of language variation. The corpus-based research program investigates regional and ethnic varieties of American English as well as pidgins and creoles.

• The Global Language Monitor

  http://www.languagemonitor.com/
  Essays and articles on various linguistic topics, and an algorithmic analysis of political language use in the United States.

• University of Edinburgh Sociolinguistics Research Group

  http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/research/glic/index.shtml
  University of Edinburgh sociolinguistics discussion group examines how the context of language shapes its forms and uses. Find topic lists, participant biographies and meeting schedules.

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