Sociology of language

1800s: Martineau · Tocqueville · Marx · Spencer · Le Bon · Ward · Pareto · Tönnies · Veblen · Simmel · Durkheim · Addams · Mead · Weber · Du Bois · Mannheim · Elias Sociology of language is the study of the relations between language and society.

One of its longest and most prolific practitioners was Joshua Fishman, who was founding editor of the International Journal of the Sociology of Language, in addition to other major contributions.

In other words, sociolinguistics studies language and how it varies based on the user's sociological background, such as gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic class.

[4] As Trent University professor of global politics Andreas Pickel states, "religion and other symbolic systems strongly shaping social practices and shaping political orientations are examples of the social significance such languages can have.

It seeks to understand individual expression, which the investment in the linguistic tools that one has access to in order to bring oneself to other people.

The EU has 24 languages it translates and operates within. The image shows MEPs adopting their position on the 2020 EU budget through translator communication.
The EU has 24 languages it translates and operates within. The image shows MEPs adopting their position on the 2020 EU budget through translator communication.