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Chapter 20. DESCRIPTION REFLECTIONS ON EACH TOPIC For me is a chapter also very important for learn and studying, because is The type of sociolinguistic variation described in the previous chapter is sometimes attributed to cultural differences. It is not unusual to find an area important for know, Language is more than just a means of communication. It influences our culture and even our thought aspects of language identified as characteristic features of African American culture or European culture or Japanese culture. This approach processes. During the first four decades of the 20th century, language to the study of language originates in the work of anthropologists who was viewed by American linguists and anthropologists as being more have used language as a source of information in the general study of “culture.” important than it actually is in shaping our perception of reality.