LINGUISTICS

APPLIED LINGUISTICS
TRADITIONAL Psycholinguistics
Phonology Neurolinguistics
Sociolinguistics (looks at
Morphology the complex connections
Syntax between the variations
within a language and the
matching variations in the
social group that uses it.)

SOCIOLINGUISTICS

Language Society Uses of language Social structures in

which users live

linguistic
behaviour Synchronic: communication establish &
Full of at a time maintain social
systematic relationships
variation
accounted
for socially Diachronic:
relevant through time
forces or
facts.

style1 style2 style3 style4

GROUP

Influenced
BOUNDARIES by society
Role of language in society
MACRO Variant
SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE
Variety or language type a 1
V2

Micro: Specific V3
V1 differences as
marking the
speaker as part
of a group
V4
V2

V5

Variety or language type b

Subvariants (moments chosen by the speaker)