CLEARING THE GROUND:Basic Issues, Concepts and Approaches

Kuntum Trilestari (20112506002)Rizqy Dwi Amrina (20112506001)

SOCIOLINGUISTICSProf. Diemroh Ihsan, M.A., Ph.D

‘Language’ and Linguistics

Sociolinguistics’ Antecedents

Emphases in Current Sociolinguistics

RELATIONS BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY

Language as a social construct

Description vs Prescription

The Roots of English Prescriptivism

Objections to Prescriptivism

Further Debate

A Standardised Language

Reference

Mesthrie, R., Swann, J., Deumart, A. & Leap, W.L. (2009). Introducing sociolinguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.