Applied linguistics

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Applied linguistics

• TEMA 1

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What is applied linguistics?

• Applied linguistics is the of the knowledge
  about the nature of language achieved by
  linguistic research for the improvement of the
  efficiency of some task in which language is a
  central . (Corder 1974)

utilization
practical
component
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Subfields of linguistics (1)

• Adolescent language learning.
• Adult language learning.
• Artificial intellingece.
• Bilingualism and multilingualism.
• Child language and early childhood education.
• Communication in professions.
• Computational linguistics.
• Contrastive linguistics and error analysis.
• Corpus linguistics.
• Critical discourse analysis.

• Discourse analysis.
• English as a global language.
• Ethics, rights and values in Applied Linguistics.
• Forensic linguistics.
• Gerontolinguistics.
• Immersion education.
• Intercultural communication.
• Interdisciplinarity in Applied Linguistics.
• Interface between Linguistics and Applied
  Linguistics.
• Interpreting and translating.
• IT, Internet and language learning.

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Subfields of linguistics (2)
-Language planning and language policy. -Language
teaching methodology and teacher
education. -Language, gender and power. -Learner
autonomy in language learning. -Lexicography and
lexicology. -Mother tongue education. -Multimodali
ty. -Multiple literacies. -Pragmatics. -Psycholing
uistics Processing.
-Language and ecology -Language and education in
multilingual settings. -Language and
entertainment. -Language and mind. -Language and
subcultures. -Language and the media. -Language
disorders. -Language for especial
purposes. -Language in contact. -Language loss,
attrition and re-learning.
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Subfields of linguistics (3)

• Rethoric and stylistics.
• Second language acquisition.
• Semiotics.
• Sign language.
• Sociolinguistics.
• Writing of Grammars (reference and pedagogical).

AILA Singapore (2002)
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• The most well-developed branch of applied
  linguistics is
• and sometimes the term is used as if this were
  the only field involved
• Crystal (1997 23)

the teaching and learning of foreign languages