Core Approach of Sociolinguistics

This book is designed and produced to clarify the confusion and challenges faced by college students with an interest in language. It is also a resource that will help readers better understand this important branch of linguistics and, ultimately, help all those who study this valuable material gain an adequate and comprehensive understanding of sociolinguistics. Given the reason stated above, let us examine sociolinguistics through the eyes of the founders of the discipline. Sociolinguistics is one of the language sciences. William Labov, one of the founding fathers of the discipline, considers that "it is quite simply linguistics."