Most second language acquisition research focuses on linguistic structures, and less research has examined the acquisition of sociolinguistic patterns. The current study explored the perceptual classification of regional dialects of American English by native and non-native listeners using a free classification task. Results revealed similar classification strategies for the native and non-nati...

The present study offers an analysis of the effects globalization from a sociolinguistic point view. It attempts to discuss tremendous on societies and languages. major characteristics as noticed nowadays are excessive communication (through language course) increased mobility all around world. Therefore, elaborates consequences in two basic dimensions, people's (migration ease traveling), (whi...