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NAMA:JULIANTY SIRINGORINGO NIM:1588203093 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS 1.What is sociolinguistics? Answer: is the descriptive study of the effect of any and all aspects of society including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language, is used, and society's effect on language. It differs from sociology of language,which focuses on the effect of language on society. Sociolinguistics overlaps considerably with pragmatics. 2.why do we learn sociolinguistics? Answer? It is fascinating, it tells you what the fabric of society is made of, it could explain what people think and how they think and in part how they vote. Sociolinguists are interested in how we speak differently in varying social contexts, and how we may also use specific functions of language to convey social meaning or aspects of our identity. Sociolinguistics teaches us about real-life attitudes and social situations. Below is a video featuring...