MACROLINGUISTIC BRANCHES

Sociolinguistics branch of linguistics which deals with the study of language

use in society and in sociocultural context. In addition, it is the study of the
linguistic indicators of culture and power. Sociolinguistics: studies language
variations (dialects, accents). Studies language change. It describes language
varieties between different ethnic, religious, status and gender group: and explains
how educational level, age.
Sociolinguistics is the study of how language is related to society. It also
studies how people affect language usage. Sociolinguists attempt to isolate those
linguistic features that are used in particular situations. =Influences on the choice
of sounds, grammatical elements, and vocabulary items may include such factors
as age, education, occupation, race, and peer-group identification, among others.
Psycholinguistics is the study of the mental aspects of language and speech.
It is primarily concerned with the ways in which language is represented and
processed in the brain.
A branch of both linguistics and psychology, psycholinguistics is part of
the field of cognitive science. Adjective: psycholinguistic.
The term psycholinguistics was introduced by American psychologist Jacob
Robert Kantor in his 1936 book, "An Objective Psychology of Grammar."
Psycholinguistics is the study of the mental mechanisms that make it
possible for people to use language.
Most work in psycholinguistics has been done on the learning of language
by children. Language is extremely complex, yet children learn it quickly and
with ease.
Neurolinguistics, the study of the neurological mechanisms underlying the
storage and processing of language.
Neurolinguistics is the study of how language is represented in the brain:
that is, how and where our brains store our knowledge of the language (or
languages) that we speak, understand, read, and write, what happens in our brains
as we acquire that knowledge, and what happens as we use it in our everyday lives.
Applied linguistics can be applied to all aspects of language use. It deals
with mother, foreign, second language acquisition. It examined the relationship
between language and such areas as law, communication, media, social and
educational psychology and education in general. Domain of applied linguistics –
approaches to text, language, language teaching and learning and translation.
Applied linguistics is the branch of linguistics focusing on the practical
applications of language studies. Concerned with the practical application of
linguistics. Can identify, explore and offer solutions to language-related problems.