And these are the fun bits for the sociolinguists.

这些就是对社会语言学家有意思的部分了。

I'm Dr. Erica Brozovsky, sociolinguist and certified word nerd.

我是 Erica Brozovsky 博士，社会语言学家和认证的文字迷。

And to unpack it, I'm joined by sociolinguist and AAE researcher, Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Weissler.

为了打开它，社会语言学家和 AAE 研究员 Rachel Elizabeth Weissler 博士加入了我的行列。

Other sociolinguists focus on what happens when speakers of different languages interact.

其他社会语言学家关注的是不同语言的使用者在互动时会发生什么。

I'm Dr. Rrica Brozovsky, sociolinguist and certified word nerd, and I've always been  fascinated with language.

我是 Rrica Brozovsky 博士， 社会语言学家和经过认证的文字书呆子，我一直对语言着迷。

Some sociolinguists believe that analyzing such variables as the use of a particular phoneme can predict the direction of language change.

一些社会语言学家认为，分析诸如特定音位的使用这样的变量可以预测语言变化的方向。

One such bias is " similarity attraction" , which means that " we favour people who are like us" , explains Devyani Sharma, a sociolinguist at Queen Mary University of London.

其中一种偏见是“相似性吸引”，这意味着“我们偏爱与我们相似的人”。

To answer that question (and many more), I'm excited to introduce the newest  addition to the Storied channel: Otherwords, a show all about language, hosted by sociolinguist  and certified word nerd Dr. Erica Brozovsky.

为了回答这个问题（以及更多问题），我很高兴向大家介绍 Storied 频道的最新成员：Otherwords，这是一个关于语言的节目，由社会语言学家和经过认证的单词书呆子 Erica Brozovsky 博士主持。