República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación Universitaria

Universidad Nacional Experimental “Simón Rodríguez”
Maracay Edo. Aragua

Curso: Lingüística Aplicada. Código: 31119 Participante:

Carrera: Educación. Mención: Inglés José H. Ortega D.
Periodo Académico: 2023-1 C.I. No. V-7.245.292
Facilitadora: Dra. Jenniffer Parra Sección “A”

Maracay, Marzo de 2023

Definition of applied linguistics
Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field that identifies, investigates, and
offers solutions to language-related reallife problems. Some of the academic fields
related to applied linguistics are education, psychology, communication research,
anthropology, and sociology.

Origins
The origins of Applied Linguistics is commonly attributed to the establishment
of the English Language Institute at the University of Michigan in 1941 and to the
use of the term “Applied Linguistics” in 1948 in the publication Language Learning:
A Quarterly Journal of Applied Linguistics.

Difference with general linguistics

General Linguistics is the scientific study of language. It includes studying
concepts such as storage of words in the memory, relationships among words, the
composition and formation of words as well as changes in language over time.
Applied Linguistics is the branch of Linguistics which applies the theories of
General Linguistics to devise practical solutions to real-world issues. For example,
general linguists inform us that language is stored in the Broca's area of the brain,
which is near the front part of the left hemisphere; speech therapists can use this
information to treat language production problems such as aphasia, which can arise
due to damage to the Broca's area.

Scope
The scope of Linguistics is vast as it is an expansive and complex field of
study which includes various aspects of a language such as phonetics, semantics,
syntax, morphology, and stylistics, amongst others. The study of Linguistics is also
interdisciplinary as it has many varied specialisations such as Sociolinguistics,
Computational Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Psycholinguistics and so on. It is
regarded as a descriptive field of study since it is always changing as languages
evolve and change. So, as new developments occur in any language, Linguistics as
a field of study expands and is considered dynamic, as the historical aspects of
languages and dialects go from old to new.
Another reason why there is an immense scope of Linguistics is that this área
is also applied in various other fields especially Speech Therapy in Modern Medicine,
Literature, Anthropology, and Sociology, amongst others. Many research studies
have also significantly highlighted the role of linguistics in every language as well as
in comprehending the varied aspects of literature in terms of prose and poems.
Linguistics elaborates upon the nature and constituents of different forms of
languages across the globe. As an emerging field of study, the scope of Linguistics
is ever-expanding in contemporary times with many promising opportunities on offer!
While pondering over your decision of pursuing this area of study, you must be
familiar with the major branches of Linguistics. Here are the major branches of
Linguistics:
 Phonology
 Syntax
 Morphology
 Semantics
 Pragmatics
 Stylistics

Areas de interest
Some of the academic fields related to applied linguistics are education,
psychology, communication research, information science, natural language
processing, anthropology, and sociology.
The field of Applied Linguistics is constantly evolving. Space does not permit
a fuller exploration of these emerging trends. Sign languages are emerging as an
important area in which major language problems deserve greater attention, and this
trend is likely to grow. However, there is an important disagreement between
nondeaf proponents of sign language, whose stance may be self-serving, and pre-
lingually deaf scholars whose view is that sign languages may be unnecessary and
that deaf individuals may become fully proficient either with the aid of rapidly evolving
technologies like the cochlear implant or through historically validated vibrotactile-
haptic methods.
Additional trends in Applied Linguistics include the growing recognition that,
while linguistic theories may be important for some issues, descriptive linguistics
(including the use of corpus linguistics) contributes more widely to addressing real-
world language problems. Similarly, there is a growing recognition of the importance
of language assessment not only as a means to measure student development in
fair and responsable ways but also as a resource for appropriate measurement in
research and in the emergence of effective tasks influencing teaching and learning.
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