TIME AND SPACE IN SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Abstract
The relevance of time and space in sociolinguistics is concerned with how temporal and spatial factors influence language use and how these factors shape communication patterns, identities, and social interactions within a given society or community. Over time, the language changes due to the change of generations, the development of technology, the influence of space and time. Sociolinguists study how linguistic features develop over time and the effects of these changes on social identity and communication. Language variation across geographic regions is a central topic of sociolinguistics. Dialectology, a subfield of sociolinguistics, studies how language characteristics change geographically and the social stratification of these changes. The relevance of time and space in sociolinguistics emphasizes the dynamic and multifaceted nature of language that intersects with social, cultural, historical, and geographical dimensions.
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Key words. Time and space, language, language changes, sociolinguistic
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