Definition and The Scope of Applied Linguistic

Definitions of applied linguistics

The term 'applied linguistics' refers to a broad range of activities which involve solving some language-related problem or addressing some language-related concern. It appears as though applied linguistics, at least in North America, was first officially recognized as an independent course at the University of Michigan in 1946.

Tucker, G. Richard. Applied Linguistics. http://www.lsadc.org/info/ling-fields-applied.cfm. Retrieved 11 March 2012

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.

Wisniewski, Kamil. (2007). Encyclopedia of language and Linguistics. http://www.tlumaczenia-angielski.info/linguistics/applied-linguistics.htm . Retrieved 12 March 2012

Applied linguistics defined as a systematic application of knowledge in a linguistics area to practical tasks in the real world.

Faradhy, Hossein. On the Scope of Applied Linguistics. http://aua.am/academics/dep/hf_publications/3 On the scope of Applied Linguisticsno biblio.pdf. Retrieved 12 March 2012

Applied linguistic is the branch of linguistic that is most concerned with application of the concept in everyday life, including language-teaching.

 Hadi, Syamsul & Rukiyah .(2009). The definition and branches of linguistics. http://hadirukiyah.blogspot.com/2009/07/definition-and-branches-of-linguistics.html . retrieved 14 March 2012

           

The scope of applied linguistic

Applied linguistics is the use of language-related research in a wide scope, including :

• language acquisition
• language teaching 
• literacy
•  literary studies 
• gender studies 
• speech therapy
• discourse analysis 
• censorship
• workplace communication 
• media studies 
• translation studies 
• lexicography
• forensic linguistics.

Nordquist, Richard.(2007). Applied linguistics. http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/appliedlinguisticsterm.htm . retrieved 14 March 2012