The most recent didactic materials for teaching sociolinguistics
The most recent didactic materials for teaching sociolinguistics

Summary/Abstract: Sociolinguistics is a mature linguistic discipline, even though it can be considered relatively new in comparison with other fields of linguistics. However, that does not mean that it is not still evolving. On the contrary, contemporary sociolinguists do not rely only on the notepad and dictation machine anymore, but also the camera, so they may document synchronous moments for the future (Blommaert 2012, 5). This article focuses on presenting various thematic fields of sociolinguistics building on the uni¬versity textbook of Sándor János Tóth (2019a) with the title Sociolinguistics in a Slo¬vak-Hungarian context. The book came into being within the framework of the project KEGA001UJS-4/2018 and it focuses on the work of Slovak researchers, while it also highlights sociolinguistic questions in the context of the Slovak language and Hungarian language, particularly Hungarian used in Slovakia and Slovak used in Hungary. The reason for compiling this book was that, until now, there was no textbook for university or college education available that would have engaged in the Slovak language (as well) in such an explicit manner. Sándor János Tóth also applied his previous experience gained from his own sociolinguistic research projects (e.g. 2012a, 139–156).

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