What is a sociolinguistic framework?

What is a sociolinguistic framework?

Definition
	A sociolinguistic framework is a system involving the attitudes of a speech community toward their language, the identity of social groups, standard and non-standard forms of language, patterns and needs of national language use, the social basis of multilingualism, etc.

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Concept module: sociolinguistic framework
In modular book: Glossary of Language Learning Terms, by International Language Learning Department
In document collection: Other Resources
In bookshelf: Language Learning

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