APPLIED LINGUISTICS
I.INTRODUCTION. AN OVERVIEW
1.What is applied linguistics
Example of the kid and mum recording him to analyze his mistakes. Knowing where the problem is and try to apply it and
solve the situation.
The new technologies have changed the language in some respects. While changing the situation we change the English,
we may find new grammar, vocabulary…Speaking is not changing that much. As a result of the use of internet, the
language is becoming richer. The language hasn’t changed that much but the new technologies create new situations,
new problems and new uses.
What is sentimental Analysis.
We have language everywhere we look. Customer services, amazon ex. Are going to see if people liked their product or
not by the reviews. The must analyze the sentiment of the people and classify them if they are good or bad. It is very
expensive to have a person organizing these comments, so they do it automatically by words. This is something very new
and very needing to work in them and improve the methods.
Forensic linguistics, information of the person who wrote the letter. The serial killers have a pattern
There are different areas where linguistics appears and there is a problem or a situation normally not triggered with the
linguistics but
DEFINITION Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field of research and practice dealing with practical problems of
language and communication that can be identified.
- Linguitics, study language in terms of form, meaning, history and sound. We conceptualize language as a
representation system, as pattern of structures or social practice.
- Application, the approaches we can do. Normally we need psychology, neurology, computer science, sociology to
analyze. The problem that exists implies different aspects , research question and solve an existing issue .
Applied linguistics journal. The study and language-related problems in specific situations in which people use and learn
languages
Longman DALLT the study of language and linguistics in relation to practical problems.
Chris Brumfit, The theoretical and ampirical investigation of real-world
A discipline that is no clear and has no limits, is evolving so fast that we don’t really know how it is going to be in a few
years.
Politics of language have two lines of ways look , try to help with the communication at a working place . There are new
documents to easy reading language and in EEUU associations help everybody be able to understand the different
informations the government texts by making a traduction.
It is a real problem and the role of the language there is how to valance and to advise what to do in different situations.
The importance of second language acquisition really is a very profitable business and a way to make ourselves
understood.
METHODOLOGY
a. Theoretical linguistics
b. Formal linguistics
c. Descriptive linguistics
d. Historical linguistics
