AppliedLinguistics

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WhatisAppliedLinguistics? MajorFieldsofAppliedLinguistics

WhatisAppliedLinguistics? What is Applied Linguistics?

Appliedlinguisticsisthestudythatplacesthe p pp p emphasisontheapplicationoftheconcepts andfindingsoflinguisticstoavarietyof practicaltasks. practical tasks Thestudyrelatestootherdisciplinessuchas psychology,sociology,mathematics, psychology, sociology, mathematics, education,andanthropology.

WhatisAppliedLinguistics?(cont.) What is Applied Linguistics? (cont )

Itisaninterdisciplinaryfieldofstudythat g identifies,investigates,andofferssolutionsto languagerelatedreallifeproblems.

MajorFieldsofAppliedLinguistics Major Fields of Applied Linguistics

Sociolinguistics Sociolinguistics Psycholinguistics Psycholinguistics

Educational Linguistics EducationalLinguistics Mathematical Linguistics MathematicalLinguistics / AnthropologicalLinguistics

1.Sociolinguistics 1 Sociolinguistics
Itstudieshowlinguisticscanberelatedto y g g p societyandcommunitiesaslanguageisapart ofcultureandsociety. Thisisbecauselanguageplaysanimportant roletothesocietyandviceversa.

Sociolinguistics(cont.) Sociolinguistics (cont )

Sociolinguisticsmainlyfocusesonthestudy g g () g ofhowalanguage(s)issignificantand differentaccordingtoitssocialvariables. Topicsincludelanguageandage,gender, education,career,regionallanguages, standardlanguage,bilingualism. standard language, bilingualism.

ExamplesofStudy Examples of Study

Languageofmalesandfemales LanguageofChineseandIndianimmigrantsin Thailand Th il d

2.Psycholinguistics 2 Psycholinguistics
Itstudiestherelationshipbetweenlanguage py gy andpsychology. I Itmainlyfocusesonlanguageacquisition, i l f l iii languagelearning,languageandthebrain,

ExamplesofStudy Examples of Study

Thedevelopmentoflanguageofinfantsto y twoyearoldchildren.

Thedevelopmentoflanguageofthreemonth p g g infantstoeighteenmonthinfants.

3.EducationalLinguistics 3 Educational Linguistics

Thisfieldofstudyistheapplicationof g p linguisticstothepracticaltasksofeducation. T hi Th i l TeachingThailanguagetoforeigners f i TeachingEnglishlanguagetoThaispeakers g g g g p Trainingofpronunciation

4.MathematicalLinguistics 4 Mathematical Linguistics

Thisfieldofstudyistheconnectionbetween hi fi ld f d i h i b mathematicsandlanguagesuchasthe statisticsofworduse. Theqwertykeyboardistypicalofstatisticsof alphabetusedintyping. alphabet used in typing Thisfieldoflinguisticssometimesisreferred ascomputationallinguistics.

MathematicalLinguistics(cont.) Mathematical Linguistics (cont )

C Computershavebecomethetoolforlinguistsin h b h l f li i i theinvestigationoflanguage. Computationallinguistscreateartificiallanguage p g g g tocommunicateandusethecomputers. Theyarrangelanguageinformationintosystems whichwillbeprocessedandstoredinthe which will be processed and stored in the computers.

MathematicalLinguistics(cont.) Mathematical Linguistics (cont )

Computationallinguisticsarosesincethe g WorldWarerawhichoriginatedintheUnited StatesandRussia. MachineTranslationwasthemainuseof translatingRussiantoEnglishsince1936.

5.AnthropologicalLinguistics 5 Anthropological Linguistics

It studies the relationship between language Itstudiestherelationshipbetweenlanguage andanthropology. Itsmainfocusisonlanguageandtraditions andculturesofhumanbeingsinsome d l fh b particularareasasthestructureofalanguage isstudiedwhichisbelievedtobringabouta relationshipbetweenlanguages. Sometimes it is referred as Ethnolinguistics SometimesitisreferredasEthnolinguistics.