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Sociolinguistics

-- See Also the narrower term Acceptability (Linguistics)

-- See Also the narrower term Diglossia (Linguistics)

Here are entered works on the simultaneous coexistence of two forms of the same language in a speech community. Works on switching from one language to another by bilingual members of a speech community are entered under the heading Code switching (Linguistics).

-- See Also the narrower term Interviewing in sociolinguistics

-- See Also the narrower term Language and languages Age differences

--subdivision Age differences under individual languages and groups of languages, e.g. English language--Age differences

-- See Also the narrower term Language attrition

-- See Also the narrower term Language maintenance

Here are entered works on the continued use of a language in a multilingual setting, especially when in competition with culturally or numerically more influential languages.

-- See Also the narrower term Language obsolescence

--subdivision Obsolete words under individual languages or groups of languages, e.g. English language--Obsolete words

-- See Also the narrower term Language planning

Here are entered works on planned language change directed towards improving communication within a society. Works on government language policy are entered under Language policy.

-- See Also the narrower term Language purism

-- See Also the narrower term Language revival

--subdivision Revival under individual languages and groups of languages, e.g. English language--Revival

-- See Also the narrower term Language spread

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