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SUMMARY

The theme of our term paper is “Sociolinguistics in the USA”. The theme of the course work was chosen by us because of the relevance of studies related to the relationship of language and society.

The object of the research - research the subject of sociolinguistics USA.

The aim of the course work is to study the attitudes of American Scientists on sociolinguistic trend in linguistics, sociolinguistics for understanding how science.  The focus of this study is drawn to the provisions of the American scientists that language of business does not depend on the individual segment of society to which they belongs, and of the language situation in which the individual is located.

To achieve this goal we need to solve the following tasks:

• Learn the science sociolinguistics in general, and in terms of American linguists.
• How do social factors influence the functioning of language.
• Consider the American sociolinguistics as science in general.
• Find the differences between of sociolinguistics in the US and Ukraine.
• Identify the key issues and aspects of language in the United States.
• Draw conclusions about the peculiarities of American sociolinguistics

Sociolinguistics is the study of how language serves and is shaped by the social nature of human beings. In its broadest conception, sociolinguistics analyzes the many and diverse ways in which language and society entwine. This vast field of inquiry requires and combines insights from a number of disciplines, including linguistics, sociology, psychology and anthropology.

Sociolinguistics examines the interplay of language and society, with language as the starting point. Variation is the key concept, applied to language itself and to its use. The basic premise of sociolinguistics is that language is variable and changing. As a result, language is not homogeneous — not for the individual user and not within or among groups of speakers who use the same language.

Thus, the American sociolinguistics shaped by different areas of modern foreign philosophy. Now among linguists US are fundamental differences understanding of the subject and objectives of sociolinguistics, understood and variability as verbal behavior, and ethnography of communication, and how common language variation and social structures, and so on. D. Great service American sociolinguistics is detailed development concepts for the industry research.