Here is my video on the topic:
Here are the relevant links:
Note: links mentioned in video have a ^ next to them. And for some stuff instead of links I will give brief details/suggestions on how to learn more.
Definition
Sociolinguistics: https://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/sociolinguistics
I forgot to talk about how class, gender etc could affect one’s individual language. This is actually quite interesting to look at and the differences in language accent. For example, the New york dialect vs standard american dialect usage varies between low and high SES classes. The same happens in UK as well (Queen’s english vs regular english)
1 Differences between UK and USA english
https://www.britishcouncilfoundation.id/en/english/articles/british-and-american-english
2 Nautilus article: http://nautil.us/blog/why-the-r-sound-became-a-famous-social-differentiator
3 Washington post article (if you’re able to access) https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/12/02/what-dialect-to-do-you-speak-a-map-of-american-english/
Issue 1: Language shift
If you are interested in more detailed data on SG situation:
1 ST article (probably easier to read) https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/english-most-common-home-language-in-singapore-bilingualism-also-up-government-survey
2 Language shift among Chinese https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254333583_Language_shift_in_a_Singapore_family
3 Language shift among Malays (btw one of the authors actually taught the linguistics mod I took in the first sem and he went through this exact phenomenon. That’s why i can actually talk about it)
https://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/cfcavallaro/Pdf%20files/Cavallaro&Serwe(2010).pdf
English being used as a lingua franca:
https://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/how-is-english-used-as-a-lingua-franca-today/
Anglophone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-speaking_world
Francophone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language or if you want click ‘Francophonie’ in that link to find more about the OIF (Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie)
Langfocus videos on: (NOTE code switching and diglossia are two different phenomenon)
1 ^Code switching: https://youtu.be/7Na4UvRIhu4
2 Diglossia: https://youtu.be/KL9ku7c7UTs
How jamaican patois came to be (it's pretty interesting): https://youtu.be/hNM-BE4xAyo
Effects of language shift: https://unravellingmag.com/articles/youth-language-shift/
How the elderly can cope by speaking with.. well, other elderly: https://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/june/aging-matsumoto-linguist-063014.html
How different languages view colors: https://youtu.be/cGZJflerLZ4
Ainu, a language isolate: https://youtu.be/lnCXFSaBfN0 (you can probably watch about other isolates on this channel).
Basque, another language isolate: https://youtu.be/S1l9oDiSiEQ
Issue 2: Youth speak and slang
^Verlan: https://youtu.be/FSeEPxLKHNM
Urban Dictionary: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=slang
aiya search the internet can already horh… you prob know this better than I do, ok?
Sign Language
Sign language alphabets from different countries: https://blog.ai-media.tv/blog/sign-language-alphabets-from-around-the-world
How nicaraguan sign language came about:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-nicaraguan-sign-language
Nigerian student brings ASL to his country: https://www.americancouncils.org/news/alumni-updates/nigerian-exchange-student-brings-sign-language-home
Issue 3: Tech and sociolinguistics
Pager codes according to Urban Dictionary: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pager%20code
Pager speak by LA times (wow the article is older than me, its from like 1997): https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-26-mn-57816-story.html
Translator fails: https://www.youtube.com/user/malineka146
Youtube community contributions: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6052538?hl=en
^Singlish Duplex?: https://www.esquiresg.com/google-and-the-problem-with-sounding-human/
Channels to watch if you like linguistics/languages
Langfocus: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNhX3WQEkraW3VHPyup8jkQ
Nativlang: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMk_WSPy3EE16aK5HLzCJzw