Sociolinguistics

Sociolinguistics recognizes that a person may speak his mother tongue using various registers depending on the social situation.

Tom majored in sociolinguistics.

This paper surveys the research methods and approaches used in the multidisciplinary field of applied language studies or language education over the last fourty^([sic]) years. Drawing on insights gained in psycho- and sociolinguistics, educational linguistics and linguistic anthropology with regard to language and culture, it is organized around five major questions that concern language educators.