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this document goes over the variations in language we experience between different social groups; discusses topics such as the use of slang, register, convergent and divergent language, speech accommodation, prestige, and speech style

discusses regional variation in language in terms of the use of idiolects and dialects, the history of dialectology, lexical and syntactic differences, isloglosses, diglossia, language planning, and the five stages of language

this document describes the difference between acquiring a second language as a child vs. as an adult, childhood bilingualism, and the myths behind growing up as a bilingual

describes the process of language acquisition that occurs when we learn our first language as children; goes through all the stages we go through before we are able to comprehend a language as well as what occurs after that stage is complete

describes language in terms of the brain and what happens to language when certain parts of the brain become impaired