Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
Term covering several linguistic subdisciplines as well as certain interdisciplinary areas that use linguistic methods: language pedagogy, psycholinguistics, language acquisition, second language acquisition, translation, contrastive analysis, language planning, lexicography,’ computational linguistics, ethnolinguistics, sociolinguistics, and others. Applied linguistics differs from theoretical linguistics in that the latter is concerned with the formal structure of language as an autonomous system of signs. The term ‘applied linguistics’ is in some cases misleading, since in many of the subdisciplines language is studied from both a theoretical and practical (i.e. applied) perspective. Moreover, some areas should be considered ‘applications’ of linguistics. Applied linguistics has become a field of growing linguistic interest, as evidenced by the many journals devoted to these allied studies which have been launched since the 1960s.
References
Allen, P.B. and S.P.Corder (eds.) 1973–7. The Edinburgh course in applied linguistics. 4 vols. London.
Corder, S.P.
1973. Introducing applied linguistics. Harmondsworth.
Jung, U. 1988. Computers in applied linguistics and language teaching: ACALL handbook. Frankfurt.
Kaplan, R.B. (ed.) 1979–. Annual review of applied linguistics (Vols 1, 5, 10: A broad survey of the entire field of applied linguistics). Cambridge.
Tomic, O.M. and R.W.Shuy (eds) 1987. The relation of theoretical and applied linguistics. New York.
Dictionary
Richards, J., J.Platt, and H.Weber. 1985. Longman dictionary of applied linguistics. London.
Journals
AILA Review
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
Applied Linguistics
Bulletin CILA: Organe de la Commission interuniversitaire suisse de linguistique appliquée Neuchâtel
Cahiers de Linguistique Théorique et Appliqué
Gal-Bulletin
Glottodidactica: an International Journal of Applied Linguistics
IRAL: International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching
Issues in Applied Linguistics
computational linguistics
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