There is undoubtedly much to learn about the social uses of language, for communication or for other purposes. But at present there… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
With sociolinguistics, after covering the basics of the field, I focused on discourse analysis. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I have resisted the term sociolinguistics for many years, since it implies that there can be a successful linguistic theory or practice… — William Labov Copy Share Image