First Assignment of Applied Linguistic

Iva Durrotun Nihayah
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First Assignment of Applied Linguistic

The Definition of Applied Linguistic

1.    Applied linguistics is an umbrella term that covers a wide set of numerous areas of study connected by the focus on the language that is actually used. The emphasis in applied linguistics is on language users and the ways in which they use languages, contrary to theoretical linguistics which studies the language in the abstract not referring it to any particular context, or language, like Chomskyan generative grammar for example.
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2.    Applied Linguistics (AL) provides the theoretical and descriptive foundations for the investigation and solution of language-related problems, especially those of language education (first-language, second-language and foreign-language teaching and learning), but also problems of translation and interpretation, lexicography, forensic linguistics and (perhaps) clinical linguistics.’ (Dick Hudson’s online survey of  BAAL British Association of Applied Linguistics members 1968) http://homepage.ntlworld.com/vivian.c/SLA/ESFProject.htm

3.    Applied Linguistics itself may be seen as an autonomous, problem-solving disciple, concerned broadly with language (mainly, but not exclusively second language) education and language problems in society’ (Steve McDonough, 2002) http://homepage.ntlworld.com/vivian.c/SLA/ESFProject.htm




The Scope Applied Linguistic

1.    Language and Education/Learning : it includes :
•    First-language education : when child studied their home language
•    Additional language education ( second language and foreign language)
•    Clinical linguistic : the study of treatment of speech and communication impairments.
•    Language testing : the assesment and evaluation of language achivement and proficiency.

2.    language, Work and Law 
it includes :
•    workplace communication : the study of language is used in the workplace.
•    Language planning : the making of decission.
•    Forensic linguistic : the deployment of language evidence in crimnal and other legal investigation.

3.    Language, Information and Effect

it includes :

•    literary stylistic : the study of the relationship between linguistic choices and  effects in literature.
•    Critical discourse analysis : the study of the relationship between linguistic choices and  effects  in persuasive uses of language.
•    Translation and intepretation : formulation of principles underlying the perceive equivalence between a strecth  of language and its translation.
•    Information design : the agreement and presentation of written language.
•    Lexicography : the compelling of both  monolingual and bilingual dictionaries and also other language references.