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Applied linguistics focuses on using linguistic theory to solve real-world language-related problems, encompassing areas such as second language learning, translation, and speech pathology. It integrates insights from various disciplines, including sociology, psychology, and anthropology, to address issues in language use and learning. The field also includes specialized branches like forensic linguistics, which applies linguistic knowledge to legal contexts.

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Applied linguistics focuses on using linguistic theory to solve real-world language-related problems, encompassing areas such as second language learning, translation, and speech pathology. It integrates insights from various disciplines, including sociology, psychology, and anthropology, to address issues in language use and learning. The field also includes specialized branches like forensic linguistics, which applies linguistic knowledge to legal contexts.

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APPLIED LINGUISTICS

GENERAL INTRODUCTION.
DR BOUZEKRI
• Since applied linguistics is concerned with using linguistic theory
to address real-world problems, it is important to define briefly
certain concepts in linguistics.

• General linguistics: can be referred to as the scientific study of


language. It involves the analysis of the many different aspects
such as the meaning, form and context of language. Studying
linguistics will make you familiar with the different components
that make up a language in general.
• Descriptive linguistics

• the study of the grammar, classification, and arrangement of


the features of a language at a given time, without reference to
the history of the language or comparison with other
languages.

• It deals with studying particular languages

• It provides the data which confirm or refute the propositions


and theories put forward in general linguistics
• Theoretical linguistics

aims to explain the nature of human language in terms of basic


underlying principles. Linguists study the structure of natural
languages in order to gain a better understanding of those
principles.

Its main goal is to construct a theory of the structure of language


in general.
• Applied linguistics

• 1. The study of second language learning and teaching.


• 2. The study of language and linguistics in relation to practical
problems, such as lexicography, translation, speech pathology,
etc.
• It uses information from sociology, psychology, anthropology, and
information theory as well as from linguistics in order to develop its
own theoretical models of language and language use, and then uses
this information and theory in practical areas such as syllabus design,
speech therapy, language planning…
• Core areas of linguistic theory
• Phonetics: the scientific study of speech sounds. How sounds are
articulated (produced : articulatory phonetics), how they are transmitted
(Acoustic phonetics) and how they are perceived by the listener (auditory
phonetics).
• Phonology: is the description of how speech sounds function in a
language, it studies the ways speech sounds are organized. It can be seen
as the functional phonetics of a particular language.
• Morphology: the study of morphemes and their different forms and the
way they combine in word formation. E.g. unfriendly
• Syntax: the study of how words combine to form sentences and
the rules which govern the formation of sentences.

• Semantics: the study of meaning. There are many approaches


to the way in which meaning in language is studied.

• Pragmatics: the study of the use of language in communication,


particularly the relationship between sentences, the contexts
and situations in which they are used
• Branches of linguistics or macro-linguistics:
• Sociolinguistics: the study of language in relation to social
factors, that is, social class, educational level and type of
education, age, sex, ethnic origin, etc. It deals with how social
factors affect/ influence the structure of the language and its
use.

• Psycholinguistics: the study of


• A. the mental processes that a person uses in producing and
understanding language;
• B. how humans learn language. It includes the study of speech perception,
the role of memory, concepts and other processes in language use, and how
social and psychological factors affect the use of language.
• Neurolinguistics: the study of the function the brain performs in
language learning and language use. It deals with how the
structure of the brain influences language learning, how and in
which parts of the brain language is stored, and ow damage to the
brain affects the ability to use language.
• Discourse analysis : the study of how sentences in spoken and
written language form larger meaningful units such as paragraphs,
conversations, interviews, etc.
• What is applied linguistics?
 A field of study that identifies, investigates and offers
solutions to language problems.
 It can be applied to all language use. It includes the
mother tongue (L1). Second language (L2) or a foreign
language (FL).
 It describes the language and shows how it is learned and
used.
• Applied linguists try to offer solutions to ‘real-world problems in which
language is a central issue.
• It would be a mistake to associate AL only with language learning and
teaching
• A.L. relies on linguistics to offer insights and ways forward in the resolution
of problems related to language in a wide variety of contexts:
• A speech therapist sets out to investigate why a four-year-old child has
failed to develop normal linguistics skills for a child of that age.
• A teacher of English as a foreign language wonders why groups of
learners sharing the same first language regularly make a particular
grammatical mistake that learners from other language backgrounds do
not.
• An expert witness in a criminal case tries to solve the problem of who
instigated a crime, working only with statements made to the police. In
applied linguistics, it’s called:

• Forensic linguistics, legal linguistics, or language and the law, is the


application of linguistic knowledge, methods, and insights to the forensic
context of law, language, crime investigation, trial, and judicial procedure.
There are principally three areas of application for linguists working in
forensic contexts,
• understanding language of the written law,
• understanding language use in forensic and judicial processes, and
• the provision of linguistic evidence.
• A dictionary writer ponders over possible alternatives to an alphabetically
organized dictionary.
• A computer programmer wrestles with the goal of trying to get a
computer to process human speech or to get it to translate from one
language to another.
• A zoologist investigates the question whether monkeys have language
similar to or quite distinct from human language and how it works.

The list could continue and is quite likely to grow over the years
with professional diversification of the kind common in modern
time.
• The common point of all theses real world problems is the
possibility of relying on linguistics to seek insights and potential
solutions.
• Encountering problems and adopting a convincing stance towards
them is what defines applied linguistics.
To sum up: the field of A.L. is a cross-disciplinary mix of departments
primarily from linguistics.
Sociology
Education (the scientific study of
(teaching, learning, acquisition, human social behavior and
assessment
the study of society)

Applied
Linguistics

Linguistics
(The study of the Psychology
nature, structure, and (the science of mind
variation of language, and behavior, and the
Anthropology application of such
including phonetics, (the scientific study of the
phonology, knowledge of various
origin and behavior of man, spheres of human
morphology and the including the physical,
study of human activity, such as
social, and cultural education, health,
speech, language development of societies
form, language occupational and
and cultures ). employment services)
meaning , and
language in context)
• Cf. Handout

• http://scholar.google.com.ec/scholar?q=applied+linguistics+versus+linguistics&hl=es&a
s_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart
• http://www.lsadc.org/info/ling-fields-applied.cfm
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7dbWW83a74
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehna4GtkgMo
• http://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/domain-linguistics-overview
• http://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/applied-linguistics
• http://www.abilitypath.org/areas-of-development/communication--
speech/hearing/articles/what-is-speech-and-language-02.html
• https://georgiapathway.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/speech-vs-language-whats-the-difference/
• http://www.superduperinc.com/handouts/pdf/396_SLPDifferences.pdf
• http://www.differencebetween.net/language/words-language/difference-between-language-
and-speech/

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