Welcome to the Sociolect

This is the sociolect.blogspot.com where I will reflect on the nature of language and society and the way that language collectively shapes us in interesting ways.  Two quotes will get us started:

“Speech is my hammer, bang the world into shape.”

-Mos Def Black on Both Sides

“Every time you write, you not only emit a series of words; you also carry out a socio-political act, or whatever you wish to call it.” -Umberto Eco “Interview: Umberto Eco” Diacritics. Vol. 17, No. 1. (Spring, 1987), pp. 46-51.