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Linguistic Fields. Deny A. Kwary www.kwary.net. Broad Divisions of Linguistic Fields. Theoretical Linguistics Applied Linguistics Interdisciplinary Fields. A. Theoretical Linguistics. Phonology Morphology Syntax Semantics. B. Applied Linguistics. Language Teaching:
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Linguistic Fields Deny A. Kwary www.kwary.net
Broad Divisions of Linguistic Fields • Theoretical Linguistics • Applied Linguistics • Interdisciplinary Fields
A. Theoretical Linguistics • Phonology • Morphology • Syntax • Semantics
B. Applied Linguistics • Language Teaching: • Teaching methods and techniques • Syllabus design and evaluation • Translation • Translation errors • Idiomatic translation • Fixed Utterance Translation • Lexicology
B. Applied Linguistics (Cont’d) 4. Forensic Linguistics: • The use of linguistic techniques to investigate crimes in which language data constitute part of the evidence • In 1950 Timothy Evans was hanged for a murder, but then granted a posthumous pardon in 1966.
B. Applied Linguistics (Cont’d) 5. Graphology: the study of the systems of symbols that have been devised to communicate language in written form • Orthography • Stenography • Cryptography • Paedography • Technography
C. Interdisciplinary fields • Anthropological Linguistics • Biological Linguistics • Clinical Linguistics • Computational Linguistics • Ethnolinguistics • Geographical Linguistics • Mathematical Linguistics • Neurolinguistics • Psycholinguistics • Sociolinguistics • Theolinguistics