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linguistics: What is Sociolinguistics?

What is Sociolinguistics What are sociolinguisƟcs? What do sociolinguists study? Why does someone use one language instead of another? What are varieƟes? Can a language become exƟnct? What can we do to keep a language alive? Do men and women talk differently?  More... Macro LinguisƟcs and Micro LinguisƟcs MicrolinguisƟcs deal with phoneƟcs, grammar, etc. on the individual example level; MacrolinguisƟcs deals with comparaƟve studies among languages, language families, large influences on language development. Microlinguistics refers to phoneƟcs, phonology, grammar, and semanƟcs, whereas macro linguistics covers sociolinguisƟcs, discourse analysis More...