KnowraLanguage variationLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Language variation, each with the reason it gives.All 8Related 2Narrower topic 6SociolinguisticsNarrower topic: The field examines how patterned differences correlate with social conditions.Language standardizationNarrower topic: Standardization selects conventions from a wider field of variation.William LabovNarrower topic: Labov showed that variation is structured rather than random linguistic noise.DialectologyNarrower topic: Dialectology examines variation organized by geography, society, and time.South African Sign LanguageRelated: SASL varies across communities and settings rather than existing as a single uniform form.SociolectNarrower topic: Sociolects are a social pattern within broader language variation.ErhuaNarrower topic: Erhua patterns vary markedly among Mandarin regions and speakers.Linguistic descriptionRelated: Description makes variation visible as patterned usage rather than random deviation.