摘要
   
当今社会，无法避免错综复杂的社会交际，而语言在其中扮演着重要的角色，是一种强有力的社会行为。当然，英语作为应用最广泛的世界通用语在社会事务中也必然是强有力的。对于社会方言变体的研究可谓是取得了相当的进展，在学术层面和社会层面都产生了重大的影响，并且在不断扩大。社会方言变体的研究主要注重于对生活在一个特定的社会群体中的人在社会交际中所体现出来的具有特性的社会习惯和言语行为等的分析。在与社会的融合中，相互影响、相互作用，逐渐形成社会方言变体。本文旨在从若干方面分析英语的社会方言变体在社会中的体现，从一些相关的重要概念入手，继而探究各个社会方言变体的社会因素，再审视其在社会中形成和发展过程中的特征要素及社会体现，并试图在运用例子的基础上通过优化对社会方言及其交际功能的理解，加深对其本质的认识。由此可见，对英语的社会方言变体在社会中的因素分析不仅对于掌握语言本质而且对于社会交际具有重要意义。
 
关键词：英语语言；社会；社会方言；变体；社会因素

ABSTRACT

In contemporary society, it is inevitable for individuals to be involved in the complicated social communication. Language, as a powerful social behavior, is playing a pivotal role in the social affairs concerning interpersonal relations. Obviously, as the most widely used language, English is bound to be powerful in social affairs. Considerable progress has been made via the researches on the sociolect varieties, and is continuously upgrading, exerting significant influences at the academic level and social level. The study of sociolect varieties primarily concentrate on the analysis of the distinctive social habits and speech acts manifested in the social communications among those who live in a particular social group. In the integration with the society, mutual influence and mutual interaction contribute to the gradual formation of social dialects and variants. This paper aims to analyze the social demonstration of sociolect varieties of the English language from several perspectives. Starting from some relevant key concepts, the elemental features and social manifestations over the process of formation and expansion are then to be probed after the in-depth exploration of the social factors of certain sociolect varieties. Besides, attempts are to be made to optimize the methods of interpreting the social dialects and the communicative function, so as to deepen the understanding of its nature. Therefore, the analysis on the social factors of the sociolect varieties of the English language has vital implications not only for grasping of the essence of language but also for social communication.
 
Key words:  the English language;  society;  sociolect;  varieties;  social factors