The definition of sociolinguisitics (社会语言学定义) Sociolinguisitics is the subdiscipline of linguistics that treats the social aspects of language,and it can therefore be defined as the study of language in relation to society.(《语言概论》李 学珍) there is a long tradition in the study of dialects and in the general study of the relation between language and the society at large,both of which are considered to belong under the general heading of sociolinguistics,the studoth language of real people in the real world.The definition of sociolinguisitics （社会语言学定义） • Sociolinguisitics is the subdiscipline of linguistics that treats the social aspects of language, and it can therefore be defined as the study of language in relation to society.（《语言概论》李 学珍 ） • there is a long tradition in the study of dialects and in the general study of the relation between language and the society at large,both of which are considered to belong under the general heading of sociolinguistics, the study of the language of real people in the real world