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Sociolinguistics is an interdisciplinary field that studies the relationship between language and society. It explores how social factors, such as age, gender, ethnicity, social class, and geographical region, influence language use and how language, in turn, shapes social structures and identities. Sociolinguists investigate linguistic variation within a speech community, examining differences in pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and discourse. This includes studying dialects, accents, and sociolects, which are varieties of a language associated with particular social groups or regions.
Key areas of research in sociolinguistics include language variation and change, where the focus is on how