Example of methodology of language as a status bearer research

Abstract

This article presents an example of methodology that can be used to research the connection between language and social status. The methodology which is presented below was used in the research related to the influence of gender of a profession name on the social status of women who use this name. The article starts with a presentation of a theory, which was helpful in operationalization of the term ?social status?, then it shows the method that was used to collect the needed data and in the end, it describes the factors that influenced the choice of the profession names and the respondents.