مجلة الآداب و اللغات
Volume 5, Numéro 3, Pages 24-27
2005-12-20
Research Methods In Sociolinguistics
Auteurs : Zoubir Dendane .
Résumé
This paper is intended primarily for students engaged in research into the complexities of language resulting not only from the linguistic system itself as characterized by Chomsky (1957, 1965, 1986) but also, at least in equally important ways, from the reality that language is used in various forms to convey information and thoughts, emotions and feelings, as well as speakers’ regional origins and personal traits. Language is first and foremost a ‘fait social’ as defined by Saussure (1916), though he did not put any emphasis as Labov (1972:261) suggests when he says: “Every linguist recognizes that language is a social fact, but not everyone puts an equal emphasis on that fact.” For Labov, linguistic theory must encompass not only formal linguistic structure but also every social function that is related to language in one way or another. In fact, he argues that sociolinguistics “is a somewhat misleading use of an oddly redundant term” (Labov 1972:183).
Mots clés
Methods-Sociolinguistics
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