A society comprises of a group of individuals who are normally drawn together for a certain purpose or purposes. Whatever may be the purpose, the use of language is undoubtedly an integral part of being human.In fact, an inability to use language appropriately or adequately can affect one's status in society, and may even alter one's personality. Language cannot exist and develop outside society.What lyrics are to music, language is to society. The relationship between the two is that of interdependence. To ignore the influence of language on society or of society on language would give only an incomplete picture of the relationship that language and society share. Language is a marker of group solidarity and group identity. An individual creates his/her identity in terms of the social group or groups he/she belongs to. He/she shares certain social and linguistic norms with the other members of the social group.Sociolinguistics is a meeting ground for linguists and social scientists. It is the general perception of a dialect, within a society. However, many times there have been diametrically opposite views on the relationship between language and society.While some have perceived social reality in terms of language, others have believed that form and function are determined by social factors. Sociolinguists believe that language is not a static entity but is dynamic. Variation may be due to a number of factors like geographical separation, sex, age, education, social class, caste, economic status, political factors, etc. or because of style and register differences.Sociolinguists try to examine and explain linguistic variation in terms of personal, geographical or social reasons. They emphasize the attitudes of people towards certain speech characteristics as a reason for language variation.From the above points, we can conclude that 'the study of the sounds in spoken language' is NOT considered a part of sociolinguistics as sociolinguists are not limited to the study of sounds in a language rather they work as language scientists.