It is a common fact that sociolinguistics is one of the most interesting branches of linguistics which takes a language as an aspect of a society or even a tool which expresses and showcases the societies’ beliefs, traditions, lifestyle and values. The process of language acquisition is a complex issue which requires several years or even dozens of years of deep research and variety of social experiments. Many linguists take a detailed look at facts and at researches that are done in previous generations and make an attempt to compare and find out what has changed and are there any alterations in habits, language and beliefs of societies. The tool, undoubtedly, is a language that people utilize and change. And this change can be clearly seen between young children who are still in process of language acquisition. This article will explore the comparison of healthy children’s language capabilities and capabilities of feral children who were isolated from the society thus their language learning process changed irretrievably.

Sociology, feral children, language acquisition

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