Sociolinguisticshasdrawnmoreandmoreattentionsinceitbecameanindependentdisciplineinmid1960s.Butscholarsfromvariousdisciplineslookatsociolinguisticsfromdifferentperspectives,andcarryoutsociolinguisticstudyindifferentways.ThispapertriestounderstandsociolinguisticsintermsofitsdefinitionsandthescopeofsociolinguisticstudytopointoutthelackofcomprehensivenessinFishman'sviewonthedefinitionofsociolinguistics.
