TY - JOUR
T1 - Language in its social context
AU - Spolsky, Bernard
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The study of language in its social environment has grown significantly over the past forty years, and now covers most languages and areas of the world. Sociolinguistics examines the relation between language and society, between the uses of language and the social structures in which the users of language live. Sociolinguists employ a variety of different approaches in collecting their data, but all try to answer some part of the fundamental question: who speaks what language, to whom, when, how, and why? This preface examines the development and main facets of Sociolinguistics as a discipline, and locates the Baltic case within a broader comparative perspective.
AB - The study of language in its social environment has grown significantly over the past forty years, and now covers most languages and areas of the world. Sociolinguistics examines the relation between language and society, between the uses of language and the social structures in which the users of language live. Sociolinguists employ a variety of different approaches in collecting their data, but all try to answer some part of the fundamental question: who speaks what language, to whom, when, how, and why? This preface examines the development and main facets of Sociolinguistics as a discipline, and locates the Baltic case within a broader comparative perspective.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33947623662&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01629770500000091
DO - 10.1080/01629770500000091
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AN - SCOPUS:33947623662
SN - 0162-9778
VL - 36
SP - 254
EP - 272
JO - Journal of Baltic Studies
JF - Journal of Baltic Studies
IS - 3
ER -