lecture # 7. language variation language varies in geographical and social space. causes behind...
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Language variation language varies in geographical and social space. Causes behind language variation Roles of participants, function of speech event,
nature of medium, roles of a person, professions
Language varieties: Code, register, pidgin, creole, dialect etc.
Review of Lecture # 6
Definition: The use of language –related research in a wide variety of fields, including language acquisition, language teaching, literacy, literary studies, gender studies, speech therapy, discourse analysis, censorship, workplace communication, media studies, translation studies, lexicography, and forensic linguistics.
Applied Linguistics
Introduction: Applied Linguistics is the
collective term for the various applications of linguistic (and phonetic) scholarship to related practical fields – foreign language, teaching, lexicography, translation, speech pathology and therapy, error analysis etc.
Applied Linguistics
In the widest sense, Applied Linguistics
borders on other disciplines e.g. sociology, anthropology, psychology, biology, stylistics etc.
Speech therapists, literary critics, translators, communication engineers, language teachers, syllabus formers, educational planners, text book writers, dictionary makers have found linguistics useful for their work
Applied Linguistics (Intro..)
Applied Linguistics is a consumer, or user,
not a producer of theories.
An inter-disciplinary area of study
It uses knowledge of how languages work within different applied settings.
Applied Linguistics (Intro..)
It examines the structure of
language & its role in communication.
It explores how children acquire language.
It studies how second language learners develop skills.
Applied Linguistics (Intro..)
The study investigates how the
social & cultural environment interacts with language.
It talks about the practical application
of language
Applied Linguistics (Intro..)
Use in language Writing better text books, translating them
and teaching them becomes easy if a person knows a language and its structure.
A language learner can learn a language more easily if he knows the system and sounds than through haphazard, hit or miss manner
Applied Linguistics
Use in language (contd..) A foreign language learner can acquire
accurate pronunciation with the help of phonetics.
Researchers can conduct research on language if they are aware of the rules of the language and the variations in language while moving across disciplines and geographical regions
Applied Linguistics (contd…)
Use in Psychology & Neuro-surgery Psychologists and neuro-surgeons interested
in brains and principles of learning A child’s attempt to learn a language, his
ability to categorize, his loss of control over his linguistic skill (reading, writing, speaking and listening with understanding), his conceptual capabilities and failures – all help the specialists.
Applied Linguistics (contd..)
Use in communication media Engineers who know properties of speech
design better telephones – that operate when you dictate rather than dial a number
Dictation typewriter instead of touch-typewriter
translation work by machines instead of humans
Applied Linguistics (contd…)
Use in media (contd..) Better radios and televisions People associated with media can take
help from speech therapists, if they need
Sound effects on microphones can be improved- helps sound engineers
Applied Linguistics (contd…)
Use in law Voice print unique like thumb- impression Officers of law can apprehend criminals
by the help of tapes of recorded conversations
Use in Philosophy Philosophers can take fresh look at
controversies
Applied Linguistics (contd…)
Use in Philosophy (contd..) Philosophers, by their acquaintance with
linguists can try to resolve some old controversies – rationalists’ point of view and empiricists’ point of view about the nature of learning
Can also study structure of meaning and validity of forming linguistic universals
Applied Linguistics (contd…)
Use in Sociology Sociologists can look at the interaction of
social groups, role of languages and dialects in group dynamics, problems created by bilingualism, polylingualism etc.
Anthropologists can study a community better
Applied Linguistics (contd…)
Use in Mathematics Mathematicians interested in the formal
properties of natural languages and how meaning is mapped into sound.
Such information useful in devising computer languages
Teachers of composition can diagnose students’ problems and suggest remedies
Applied Linguistics (contd…)
study for personal satisfaction Study of language satisfies intellectual
urge Knowledge of mysteries of language
gives us satisfaction and pleasures Language can be studied for its own
sake just like literature
Applied Linguistics (contd…)
Conclusion Study of linguistics quenches linguistic thirst
Gives knowledge of the properties and mysteries of knowledge
Illuminates ancient and pre-historic culture Helps in improving and reforming spellings,
vocabulary, pronunciation, usage, interpretation.
Applied Linguistics (contd…)
Conclusion (contd…) Some day advances in linguistics
may help in creation of some new international language.
Advances may help in developing new kinds of talking machines
Applied Linguistics (contd…)
Conclusion (contd…) Advances may help in
understanding the language of any other species, if found on any other planet.
The study is also useful in the information of scripts and spellings.
Applied Linguistics (contd…)
The study is also useful in production
of teaching materials, dictionaries, grammars and text books.
Applied linguistics has extended its boundaries so much that it has entered the domains of several fields of knowledge and provided remedial measures to remove several problems
Applied Linguistics (contd..)
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