Applied Linguistics (3160/197)

Study Notes for the Exam-1

(05/08/1443 & 08/03/2022 Tuesday)

Q1. What is Applied Linguistics and its importance?

(OR)

Explain the importance of Applied Linguistics.

Ans The term 'applied linguistics' refers to a broad range of activities which involve solving
some language-related problem or addressing some language-related concern. Studying
applied linguistics is useful for all sorts of employment as it gives you an understanding of
many aspects of human communication. It is particularly useful for communicating in the
workplace, and applying problem-solving and analytical skills across many areas.

Q2. What are the different types of linguistics?

Ans: Types of Linguistics

 Phonology: The sounds in a speech in cognitive terms.

 Phonetics: The study of sounds in a speech in physical terms.
 Syntax: The study of formation and structure of sentences.
 Semantics: The study of meanings.
 Morphology: The study of the formation of words.
 Pragmatics: The study of the use of language(s)
 Q3. What is the role of applied linguistics in language teaching? And explain in brief.

Ans: Applied Linguistics has been used to solve most of the practical problems in language
teaching to study of learner. It collaborates with other disciplines such as linguistics, education,
psychology and the like in its research to find the solutions to language-related real-life problems
Studying applied linguistics is useful for all sorts of employment as it gives you
an understanding of many aspects of human communication. It is particularly useful for
communicating in the workplace, and applying problem-solving and analytical skills across
many areas.
Q4: Mention any Eight Major branches of Linguistics.

Ans: Phonetics (three branches of subject are generally recognized as (Articulatory, auditory
and acoustic phonetics).

Phonology (which is concerned with the range and function of sounds in specific language).

Morphology.

Syntax.

Semantics.

Lexicology.

Pragmatics.

Ethnolinguistic.

Q5: What is the main focus of applied linguistics?

Applied linguistics focuses on the relationship between theory and practice, using the insights
gained from the theory-practice interface for solving language-related problems in a principled
way. One answer to this question is that it is the study of language in order to address real-world
concerns. Applied linguistics is a field of study that looks at how linguistics can help
understand real-life problems in areas such as psychology, sociology and education. It can
be compared with theoretical linguistics, which looks at areas such as morphology, phonology
and lexis.
 Read the Topics given below and answer the Objective Type
Questions that follow.

Conversation Analysis: This approach studies how oral language is used during a
natural interaction. It tries to explain how people act as they do in a conversation.

Contrastive Linguistics: Contrastive linguistics is a practice-oriented linguistic

approach that seeks to describe the differences and similarities between a pair of languages.

Sign Linguistics: Sign, Linguistics is any unit of language (morpheme, word, phrase, or
sentence) used to designate objects or phenomena of reality. Linguistic signs are bilateral;
they consist of a signifier, made up of speech sounds (more precisely, phonemes.

Language Assessment: Language assessment or language Testing is a field of study

under the umbrella of applied linguistics.

Literacies: Literacies that you can understand and communicate what you have read
and that you can express yourself through writing.

Discourse Analysis: Discourse Analysis is sometimes defined as the analysis of

language 'beyond the sentence'.
For example, Charles Fillmore points out that two sentences taken together as a single discourse
can have meanings different from each one taken separately.

Language Pedagogy: Language pedagogy is the approach taken towards the methods
used to teach and learn languages.
Second Language Acquisition: The definition of second language acquisition (SLA)
and learning is learning and acquisition of a second language once the mother tongue or first
language acquisition is established. For instance, a child who speaks Hindi as the mother
tongue starts learning English when he starts going to school.

Language Planning and Policy: The field of language planning and policy (LPP)
is concerned with the policies both explicit and implicit that influence what languages are
spoken when, how, and by whom, as well as the values and rights associated with those
languages.

Inter Linguistics: Inter linguistics, as the science of planned languages, has existed for
more than a century as a specific branch of linguistics for the study of various aspects of
linguistic communication.

Stylistics: Stylistics, a branch of applied linguistics, is the study and interpretation of texts
of all types and/or spoken language in regard to their linguistic and tonal style, where style is the
particular variety of language used by different individuals and/or in different situations or
settings.

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