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Hello guys….. in this post I will answer the questions from my lecturer, Questions : 1.What is Sociolinguistics ? 2.What do we learn Sociolinguistics? 3.What is the relation between language and society? 4.Please mention and explain the branches of linguistics ? 5.What is standard language? Giving an example ! 6.Elaborating the language, dialect and accent, please ! 7.Giving an example of formal language and informal language ! 8.What aspects of language are sociolinguistics interested in ? 9.When two or more people from different language met and tried to communicate, what should they do? a. Pidgin b. Creole c. Lingua franca 10.Why do people switch and mix language ? 11.Giving an example of code switching and code mixing ! Answers : •Sociolinguistics is the study of relationship between language and society. There are many definition of sociolinguistics according to expert , Huson (1996) he said Sociolinguistics is the study of language in relation to society and there are two type of sociolinguistics that is sociolinguistics and sociology of language. •The relation between language and society is tightly anchored, the relationship of the two is deeply rooted. Language performs various function in the society and the society does the same way. If one will not exist, the other one will be affected. •The branch of linguistics There are two that is applied linguistics and pure linguistics . applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry that address a broad range of language-related issues in order to understand their roles in the lives of individuals and conditions in society. Pure linguistics is relates with study about the language it self, it deals with study of word (morphology), study of pronunciation(phonology), structure or grammar. • Standard language is a dialect with an army, it is rarely the case that brutal force has been used to impose a standard language, although linguistics issues can arouse passion and occasionally violence. •Dialect is style of foreign language about pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar and accent is di pengaruhi oleh ucapannya dan tinggi rendahnya suara . •Example for formal and informal language Formal : it was raining very heavily Informal :it was raining cats and dogs Formal :during the interview students were asked about their experiences Informal :during the interview I asked students about their experiences •Seseorang yang menggunakan switch and mix language karena diantara bahasa mereka ada yang tidak terlalu di pahami jadi mereka menggunakan salah satu bahasa atau pun di campur bahasa satu dengan bahasa yang lain. • Code switching : A : selamat pagi ! B : gunaidin girls, did you study for today quiz? Code mixing : Hello, where are you go? Apakah kamu lihat teman I keluar from class ?