@article{2019,title={INVESTIGATION OF THE ACADEMIC DISSERTATIONS WRITTEN IN TURKEY IN THE FIELD OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS FROM VARIOUS ASPECTS},abstractNode={While sociolinguistics has almost completed its development abroad, it has just begun to be recognized and studied in our country. This case is seen on mother language education, the relationship of language and culture and the relationship of language and society etc. in Turkey. When looked at the studying field and the subjects it examines, it is seen that sociolinguistics has the potential to increase the effectiveness of mother language education by shedding light on the problems experienced in mother language education. For this reason, it is thought that this area should be well-known and studied more in our country. With the current study it is primarily aimed to create awareness of our deficiency in sociolinguistics field by supporting this detection with concrete data; then to make some proposals for more qualified mother language education by giving some informations about the methods, technics and especially the fields of sociolinguistics. To achieve the main objective in this study, descriptive model was used and the academic dissertations having been written in Turkey since 1990 were analyzed with content analysis technique. As a result of the study, it was found that the majority of the researchers (%, 86,2) in our country did not realize that they had studied in socilinguistics becauseof not associating their dissertations to sociolinguistics, moreover associating the dissertations to 15 fields different from sociolinguistics inspite of preparing the dissertations in this field. Besides, it was found that few experimental studies were conducted in this field. Finally, some suggestions were given in the light of findings of the study.},author={Mehmet CANBULAT-Mehmet ÖZŞAVLİ},year={2019},journal={Turkish Studies - Language and Literature}}