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WHAT IS LINGUISTICS AND WHY STUDY IT?

Have you ever wondered why we say "feet" rather than "foots"? Or what we
do with our mouths to make a b sound different from a p? Or why we rarely
say what we actually mean? It's questions like these that intrigue the
linguist!

Many people think that a linguist is someone who speaks many languages
and works as a language teacher or as an interpreter at the United Nations.
In fact, these people are more accurately called "Polyglots". While many
linguists are polyglots, the focus of linguistics is about the structure, use and
psychology of language in general.

Linguistics is concerned with the nature of language and communication. It


deals both with the study of particular languages, and the search for general
properties common to all languages or large groups of languages. It includes
the following subareas:

 phonetics (the study of the production, acoustics and hearing of speech


sounds)
 phonology (the patterning of sounds)
 morphology (the structure of words)
 syntax (the structure of sentences)
 semantics (meaning)
 pragmatics (language in context)

It also includes explorations into the nature of language variation (i. e.,
dialects), language change over time, how language is processed and stored
in the brain, and how it is acquired by young children. All of these topics are
examined in the coursework offered by the University of Arizona's
Department of Linguistics.

Although linguistics is still largely unfamiliar to the educated public, it is a


growing and exciting field, with an increasingly important impact on other
fields as diverse as psychology, philosophy, education, language teaching,
sociology, anthropology, computer science, and artificial intelligence.

https://linguistics.arizona.edu/content/what-linguistics-and-why-study-it-0
APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Applied Linguistics is concerned with practical issues involving language in the life of
the community. The most important of these is the learning of second or foreign
languages. Others include language policy, multilingualism, language education, the
preservation and revival of endangered languages, and the assessment and treatment
of language difficulties.
Other areas of interest include professional communication, for example, between
doctors and their patients, between lawyers and their clients and in courtrooms, as well
as other areas of institutional and cross-cultural communication ranging from the
boardroom to the routines on an answer phone.
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics is a challenging and stimulating discipline, offering
many opportunities for original work.

https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/soll/study/applied-linguistics

What is the difference between theoretical


linguistics and applied linguistics?

Since both applied and theoretical linguistic are large fields that collaborate with many
other disciplines, it can be hard to highlight all of the similarities and differences.

First off, there are some major differences in terms of the questions asked and the
problems researched.

Theoretical linguistics looks more at what language is, and many researchers spend time
examining the structures of languages at various levels such as phonology, morphology,
syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of a language. Other sub-fields of linguistics are
concerned with broader questions of how language is acquired by infants/children, and
how language is produced by the brain. Some researchers look at how language
intersects with social categories like race, and class (sociolinguistics). Others might look
at how language is constructed and situated in the brain (neurolinguistics).

Applied linguistics borrows many elements from those of knowledge but is more
concerned with real-world practical problems of language use. One of the most well-
known is second language acquisition and language education. What are the best ways
to teach languages? While some might assume applied linguistics only borrows
theoretical frameworks from theoretical linguistics, that isn't the case at all. Applied
Linguistics has all sorts of theoretical frameworks to describe certain aspects of
language learning. One prominent one is the theory of interlanguage - the idea that the
language a learner produces isn't some aberration from the perfect native system, but
rather a system in its own right. Applied linguistics isn't just limited to education
though, but is also concerned with issues of language planning and policy. I will admit I
know much less about language policy, since my background is more in education and
acquisition.

As for similarities, they naturally both deal with language and what it is. Applied
Linguistics often borrows and relies on theories from linguistics, but unfortunately, its
rare that theoretical linguists will borrow concepts from Applied Linguistics, which is a
shame cause I think many of the insights gleaned from second language learners can tell
us a lot about what language is.

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-theoretical-linguistics-and-applied-linguistics

BRANCHES OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field of study that identifies, investigates, and


offers solutions to language-related real life problems. Some of the academic fields related
to applied linguistics are education, linguistics, psychology, anthropology, and sociology

Applied linguistics

Language acquisition

Psycholinguistics

Sociolinguistics

Linguistic anthropology

Generative linguistics

Cognitive linguistics

Computational linguistics

Descriptive linguistics

Historical linguistics

Comparative linguistics

Etymology
Stylistics

Prescription

Corpus linguistics

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