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Sociolinguistics is in many ways a blend of S____ and linguistics. It is sometimes referred to as the 'sociology of language', although that label suggests a greater concern with sociological rather than linguistic explanations, whereas sociolinguists are principally concerned with L_____, or, to be more precise, with what Dell Hymes crucially calls 'socially constituted' language: with the way language is constructed by, and in turn helps to construct, S_____. Sociolinguists are more interested in 'real' speech, within and among C_____. Their great concern is with the way in which language varies according to the social C_____ in which it is used and the social group to which it belongs. The social variables which influence speech include P____ factors such as age, and E______, as well as more general ones like nationality, R____, and sex. All of these have a bearing on language use

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