术语“社会语言学”的详细信息

英译术语:

sociolinguistics

汉语语境:

社会语言学的研究内容为语言、社会两者之间的关系与相互作用。它认为语言是社会现象，其本质属性是社会交际工具，语言在执行社会功能时表现为不同的变体，而这些变体主要是由话语双方的阶级、年龄、性别、种族、教育背景、职业、宗教信仰，以及交际背景和目的所决定的。因此，要想达到最佳交际效果，话语双方必须要理解语言背后的社会及文化含义并根据不同的社会场合调整表达用语。

英语语境:

Sociolinguistics studies the relationship and interaction between language and society. It maintains that language is a social phenomenon, and in nature is a means of social communication and varies in different social contexts, which are mainly determined by class, age, gender, ethnic identity, education background, occupation and religious beliefs, as well as the background and object of communication. Therefore the speakers have to grasp those social and cultural messages and adapt to different variations of language usage to gain the best effects of communication.