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The article presents results of a project studying the codes witching (CS) phenomenon in the Sardic-Italian language. The status of the linguistic minority results from their socio-cultural subordination by a majority. The subordinated status results from the often-limited material and immaterial resources as well as from the conditions of the emergence of the minority, whereby a society based on the concept of nation-state gives rise to the classical context for the differentiation of linguistic minority and the majority. The stratification of the status of language and the languages as well as the asymmetry of the contact situations as a rule leads to the fact that the minority language, which is appropriate at the most as a language spoken only within the confines of a household, is often attached with the social stigma and therefore they are abandoned by its speakers.

The article provides a bibliography of sociolinguistics essays and monographs on language published in Europe in 2011 including "Tra napoletano e siciliano? Randbemerkungen zur Metaphonie im Dialekt der äolischen Inseln," by Roland Bauer, "Sprachen für Europa," by Peter Cichon, and "Ausgrenzung durch Sprache," by Rudolf de Cillia.

A list of sociolinguistics research books and articles is presented including "Sprache/n und Identität/ en in Österreich," by Rudolf de Cillia, "The Language Impact. Evolution – System – Discourse," by Alwin F. Fill, and "Zur Rhetorik von Barack Obama," by Manfred Kienpointner.

A bibliography of books and articles on sociolinguistics is presented, including the books "Didaktik für eine gelebte Mehrsprachigkeit," edited by Peter Cichon and Ludmila Cichon, "Plurilinguismo, multiculturalismo e apprendimento delle lingue: Confronto tra Giappone e Italia," edited by Silvana Ferreri, and "Språkvård och språkpolitik: Svenska språknämndens forskningskonferens i Saltsjöbaden 2008," edited by Lars-Gunnar Andersson, Olle Josephson, and Mats Thelander, volume 11 in the book series Språkrådets skrifter.

A bibliography of European sociolinguistics books from 2006 is presented, including "Gelebte Mehrsprachigkeit. Akten des Wiener Koloquiums zur individuellen und sozialen Mehrsprachigkeit," edited by Peter Cichon, "Valéncia im Sprachenstreit. Sprachlicher Sezessionismus als sozialpsychologisches Phänomen," by Max Doppelbauer, and "Linguistic awareness in multilinugals: English as a third language," by Ulrike Jessner.

The article presents information about relations between multilingualism and speakers of both standard language and dialects. Dialect-standard competency is discussed in terms of its presence in German areas of Switzerland. It is described as a form of bilingualism in two related languages or language varieties, often found in children who absorb both the standard language and its regional dialect during their speech-learning process. Results are included from a study seeking to determine whether inhabitants of provincial areas with dialect-standard competency more easily learn foreign languages than speakers of pure standard language or pure dialect.

The article presents a bibliography related to sociolinguistics.

The article discusses issues related to sociolinguistics and social communications. Microanalytic descriptions of social interaction between different ethnic and cultural communities are highlighted. Problems related to intercultural communications are discussed. Issues related to code switching, language crossing and social identity are also discussed.

The article presents a list of books related to sociolinguistics. Some of them are "Language Culture in Europe: An International Handbook," by Bauer Rolland, "The Chronological Development of Ukranish Linguistics in Galicia," by Bieder Hermann, and "Names, Languages and Cultures," by Bauer Rolland.