Applied+Linguistics

=Applied Linguistics (Research Methods) (GWU EMSE 216-8000)=

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"**Applied linguistics** is an interdisciplinary field of study that identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems. Some of the academic fields related to applied linguistics are [|education], [|linguistics], [|psychology], [|anthropology], and [|sociology]."

"Major branches of applied linguistics include [|bilingualism] and [|multilingualism], [|computer-mediated communication] (CMC), [|conversation analysis], [|contrastive linguistics], [|language assessment], [|literacies], [|discourse analysis], language [|pedagogy], [|second language acquisition], [|lexicography], [|language planning] and policies, [|pragmatics], [|forensic linguistics], and [|translation]. Major journals of the field include //Annual Review of Applied Linguistics//, //Applied Linguistics//, //International Review of Applied Linguistics//, //International Journal of Applied Linguistics//, //Issues in Applied Linguistics//, and //Language Learning//." - [|Wikipedia]


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Good Wikipedia article. Lots of referenced journals and sources.


 * Sources**
 * EMSE 8000, Spring 2011
 * Applied linguistics. (2010, December 24). In //Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia//. Retrieved 23:55, January 18, 2011, from []

Contributors: Sisson