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The science of linguistics can be dated back to the beginning of the 19<sup>th</sup> century, when linguistics was the province of philosophy, rhetoric, and literary analysis. Through the development, with the rise of Neogrammarianism, linguistics disentangled itself from the solid framework of philology and rhetoric, taking on interdisciplinary characteristic. Linguistics is expanding its ontological dimension. With interdisciplinary collaboration with biology, psychology, sociology, etc, linguistic structures are adopted in other disciplines <ref name=":0" />. | The science of linguistics can be dated back to the beginning of the 19<sup>th</sup> century, when linguistics was the province of philosophy, rhetoric, and literary analysis. Through the development, with the rise of Neogrammarianism, linguistics disentangled itself from the solid framework of philology and rhetoric, taking on interdisciplinary characteristic. Linguistics is expanding its ontological dimension. With interdisciplinary collaboration with biology, psychology, sociology, etc, linguistic structures are adopted in other disciplines <ref name=":0" />. | ||
=== Three main interdisciplines === | |||
This section shows three typical interdisciplines of linguistics: sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and biolinguistics. | This section shows three typical interdisciplines of linguistics: sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and biolinguistics. | ||
===== Sociolinguistics ===== | ===== Sociolinguistics ===== | ||
====== Introduction ====== | |||
Sociolinguistics encompassing sociology and linguistics, examines the relationship between language and society. Sociological researches deal with bilingual or diglossic communities where language functions distinctly. Research method in linguistics, like discourse analysis is adopted to discover how individuals instantiate social identity and ideological positions linguistically. The findings of sociolinguistics are practically used in areas like language teaching and learning<ref>J. Holmes. (1999). ''Sociolinguistics''. International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Retrieved January 15, 2023, from <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1016/B0-08-043076-7/03027-8</nowiki>.</ref>. | |||
====== '''Sociolinguistic research topics''' ====== | |||
* Reasons for language shift and death | |||
* Social reasons for language variation | |||
* Social attitudes towards different varieties of the same language | |||
* Social identity construction through language | |||
* Cultural patterns for expressing certain speech acts | |||
===== Psycholinguistics ===== | ===== Psycholinguistics ===== | ||
====== Introduction ====== | |||
Psycholinguistics examines the relationship between language acquisition and usage with psychological processes, encompassing the fields of psychology and linguistics. In the integrative process of psychology and linguistics, linguistic structure plays a fundamental role in explaining acquisition, comprehension, and production of language in psycholinguistic researches<ref>N.B. Ratner, J.B. Gleason. (2004). ''Psycholinguistics''. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Retrieved January 15, 2023, from <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01893-3</nowiki>.</ref>. | |||
====== Psycholinguistic research topics ====== | |||
* Speech development and language development | |||
* How individuals in different ages comprehend and produce language | |||
* The neurology of language functioning | |||
* Developmental disorders of language | |||
* Nonhuman language learning | |||
===== Biolinguistics ===== | ===== Biolinguistics ===== | ||
====== Introduction ====== | |||
===== Applied linguistics ===== | ===== Applied linguistics ===== | ||
Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field aiming to seek out, identify, and provide solution to language-related issues. The researches of applied linguistics draw on the expertise of psychology, education, sociology, etc, to tackle real-life problems encompassing [https://susling.participationgrammar.net/index.php/-_Second_Language_Acquisition second language acquisition], pedagogy, translation and so on. | Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field aiming to seek out, identify, and provide solution to language-related issues. The researches of applied linguistics draw on the expertise of psychology, education, sociology, etc, to tackle real-life problems encompassing [https://susling.participationgrammar.net/index.php/-_Second_Language_Acquisition second language acquisition], pedagogy, translation and so on. | ||
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Interdisciplinarity is a process of forming integrative relationship among two or more disciplines, which can come into existence in ontological, epistemological and socio-institutional dimensions of a science[1]. This page shows how linguistics develops its interdisciplinarity through expanding ontological dimension, resulting in different types of linguistics.
The development of linguistic interdisciplinarity: historical perspective
The science of linguistics can be dated back to the beginning of the 19th century, when linguistics was the province of philosophy, rhetoric, and literary analysis. Through the development, with the rise of Neogrammarianism, linguistics disentangled itself from the solid framework of philology and rhetoric, taking on interdisciplinary characteristic. Linguistics is expanding its ontological dimension. With interdisciplinary collaboration with biology, psychology, sociology, etc, linguistic structures are adopted in other disciplines [1].
Three main interdisciplines
This section shows three typical interdisciplines of linguistics: sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and biolinguistics.
Sociolinguistics
Introduction
Sociolinguistics encompassing sociology and linguistics, examines the relationship between language and society. Sociological researches deal with bilingual or diglossic communities where language functions distinctly. Research method in linguistics, like discourse analysis is adopted to discover how individuals instantiate social identity and ideological positions linguistically. The findings of sociolinguistics are practically used in areas like language teaching and learning[2].
Sociolinguistic research topics
- Reasons for language shift and death
- Social reasons for language variation
- Social attitudes towards different varieties of the same language
- Social identity construction through language
- Cultural patterns for expressing certain speech acts
Psycholinguistics
Introduction
Psycholinguistics examines the relationship between language acquisition and usage with psychological processes, encompassing the fields of psychology and linguistics. In the integrative process of psychology and linguistics, linguistic structure plays a fundamental role in explaining acquisition, comprehension, and production of language in psycholinguistic researches[3].
Psycholinguistic research topics
- Speech development and language development
- How individuals in different ages comprehend and produce language
- The neurology of language functioning
- Developmental disorders of language
- Nonhuman language learning
Biolinguistics
Introduction
Applied linguistics
Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field aiming to seek out, identify, and provide solution to language-related issues. The researches of applied linguistics draw on the expertise of psychology, education, sociology, etc, to tackle real-life problems encompassing second language acquisition, pedagogy, translation and so on.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Interdisciplinarity and types of linguistics. (1991). Proceedings of LP’ 90. Linguistics and Phonetics: Prospects and Applications. Retrieved January 15, 2023, from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294548627_Interdisciplinarity_and_types_of_linguistics
- ↑ J. Holmes. (1999). Sociolinguistics. International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Retrieved January 15, 2023, from https://doi.org/10.1016/B0-08-043076-7/03027-8.
- ↑ N.B. Ratner, J.B. Gleason. (2004). Psycholinguistics. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Retrieved January 15, 2023, from https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01893-3.
