Beskrivelse
Even the simplest of spoken statements may provide far more information about the speaker – his social standing, his immediate situation, his relationship with his audience – than he might ever suspect.sociolinguistics focuses on all the varied aspects of the social organization of speech. We share a linguistic repertoire with members of our social networks (and failure to “fit in” linguistically may have far-reaching consequences); we also alter our speech patterns according to the specific social situation.
