1. SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Prof. Diemroh Ihsan, M.A., Ph.D
CLEARING THE GROUND:
Basic Issues, Concepts and Approaches
Kuntum Trilestari (20112506002)
Rizqy Dwi Amrina (20112506001)

2. ‘Language’ and Linguistics

3. Sociolinguistics’ Antecedents

4. Emphases in Current Sociolinguistics

5. RELATIONS BETWEEN
LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY

6. Language as a social construct

7. Description vs Prescription

8. The Roots of English Prescriptivism

9. Objections to Prescriptivism

10. Further Debate

11. A Standardised Language

12. Reference
Mesthrie, R., Swann, J., Deumart, A. &
Leap, W.L. (2009). Introducing
sociolinguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh
University Press.