sociolinguistics of identity
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So what is the sociolinguistics of identity"} Sociolinguistics may be said to haveentered its golden age in late modernity. As a discipline it has incorporated intoits agenda an applications dimension so that sociolinguistic theories rise beyondjust describing or explaining social phenomena but also have the capacity toimpact human development positively. The significance of sociolinguistics andthat of its offshoot disciplines is being acknowledged in practical applicationsof the interventionist strategies it offers in areas such as forensic linguistics,minority education, literacy and development and medical linguistics. With theseadvances in mind then, the sociolinguistics of identity focuses on the ways inwhich people position or construct themselves and are positioned or constructedby others in socio-cultural situations through the instrumentality of languageand with reference to all of those variables that are identity markers for eachsociety in the speech of its members.