Sociolinguistics and language acquisition

Sociolinguistics and language acquisition views second language acquisition from a sociolinguistic perspective. The first section focuses on the nonuniversality of the rules of speaking and on the sociolinguistics behavior of native speakers of English, including reasearch on denials and refusals apologies, compliments, and invitations. Papers in the second section stress the indivisibility of sociolinguistics and second language teaching and delve into such topics as conversational skills, modes of discourse between university instructors and students, and incorporating sociolinguistic findings into second language teaching materials