BASIC CONCEPTS OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS

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Sociolinguistics examines the relationship between language and society. This article discusses the core concepts of sociolinguistics, including dialects, bilingualism, diglossia, language functions, language policy and planning, language change, identification, code-switching, and linguistic inequality. It also highlights the contributions of prominent scholars such as William Labov, Joshua Fishman, Basil Bernstein, Dell Hymes, John Gumperz, Einar Haugen, and Pierre Bourdieu to the field of sociolinguistics. The article analyzes how language is interconnected with social environments.