Subfields of Linguistics
The overlapping interests between the field of linguistics and other disciplines create several
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of linguistics.
Ⅰ. Sociolinguistics
Focusing on patterns and
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in language within a society or community
Examining the way people use language to
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in society and to achieve
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Studying language processing and its interaction with
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mental processes, for instance, studies of children"s language acquisition and SLA
Ⅲ. Computational Linguistics
Using computers in analyzing languages, stylistic studies and
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, bringing forth machine translation systems and machines that
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and produce speech and text
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Employing linguistic theory and methods to improve SLA
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, especially focusing on motivation,
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, learning style and personality
Ⅴ. 12 Linguistics
Examining the relationship between a culture and its language, the way cultures and languages have
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over time
Ⅵ. Philosophical Linguistics
Examining the philosophy of language, with one major concern to analyze the
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of possible word order combinations
Ⅶ. Neurolinguistics
Studying how language is
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and represented in the brain