言げん語ご社しゃ会かい学がく

noun

sociology of language

Academic field studying the relationship between language and society, focusing on how social factors influence language use and structure.

• 言げん語ご社しゃ会かい学がくの観かん点てんから、方ほう言げんの変へん化かを分ぶん析せきした。

  From the perspective of the sociology of language, we analyzed changes in dialects.

noun

sociolinguistics

Often used interchangeably with 社会言語学, though some scholars distinguish the two. In practice, both refer to the study of language in its social context.

See also: 社会言語学

• 彼かれは言げん語ご社しゃ会かい学がく（社しゃ会かい言げん語ご学がく）の専せん門もん家かだ。

  He is a specialist in sociolinguistics.