100 WVIA Way
Pittston, PA 18640

Phone: 570-826-6144
Fax: 570-655-1180

Copyright © 2025 WVIA, all rights reserved. WVIA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Sociolinguistics

Season 1 Episode 7 | 11m 32s

Language is an important part of our identities, and the ways we feel about how others use language is influenced by society. The study of the social element of language, and how it forms part of our identity is sociolinguistics. linguistic differences between languages are based on factors such as location, education, class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality.

Aired: 10/22/20
Extras
We learn about orthographies, the different components that make up a writing system.
We learn about the process of programming computers to process human language.
We explore factors to learn about world languages and linguistic diversity.
We learn about how and why languages change.
We learn about language acquisition and how the process differs for babies and adults.
We learn about psycholinguistics - the field of study of language and the brain.
We learn phonology and the different phonological systems we see in languages.
We learn about 6 vowel letters and the numerous sounds we make when using them.
We begin our discussion of phonetics, the study of speech sounds.
We cover Grice’s Maxims and the different types of conversational styles.
Latest Episodes
We learn about orthographies, the different components that make up a writing system.
We learn about the process of programming computers to process human language.
We explore factors to learn about world languages and linguistic diversity.
We learn about how and why languages change.
We learn about language acquisition and how the process differs for babies and adults.
We learn about psycholinguistics - the field of study of language and the brain.
We learn phonology and the different phonological systems we see in languages.
We learn about 6 vowel letters and the numerous sounds we make when using them.
We begin our discussion of phonetics, the study of speech sounds.
We cover Grice’s Maxims and the different types of conversational styles.