Socio-Psychological Aspects of Language Use

Abstract

Social psychology is a key and central discipline of language attitude research. Linguists
involved in the socio-psychological aspects of language production must be mindful of the
psychological complexity of attitudes. While attitude research has a typical and important role in
social psychology, the concept of attitudes has also become a main point of interest in
sociolinguistics (Garrett et al., 2003: 2). Nevertheless, the exact nature of attitudes remains a
highly controversial topic despite the wide interest that attitudes have received from various
research fields. The present article reviews the socio-psychological facets of language use. It
presents a clear description and evaluation of different components, functions and importance of
language attitudes.