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An Introduction to Applied
Linguistics
Prof. Tian Bing
Shaanxi Normal University
Some Major Topics
1.
Introduction
(international and domestic studies)
[course/discipline description]
Part I
Linguistics-Applied (applying linguistic theories
to studying lg
(learner
’
s lg
included))
Section 1 (overview and
historical perspective)
2.
Traditional Chinese Educational Thought
3.
Foreign Language Education in China:
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
4.
(Pedagogical) Lexicography [recording
and prescribing how lg is and should
be
used] (Bing Tian)
Section 2
[studying language facts from different
perspectives and by applying
different
means]
5.
Language Descriptions (language study
and linguistic study)
6.
Discourse
Analysis. (Hugh Trappes-Lomax) vs Conversation
Analysis. (Rod
Gardner)
7.
Language
Corpora. (Maocheng Liang)
8.
Language Acquisition: L1 vs L2
[individual]
9.
Language, Thought, and Culture.
[social] (Claire Kramsch )
Section 3
[studying lg from a socio-functional
perspective][person-centeredness]
10.
Language and
Gender. (Susan Ehrlich)
11.
Stylistics. (John McRae and Urzula
Clark)
12.
Language and Politics. (John E. Joseph)
[political correctness]
13.
World Englishes. (Kingsley Bolton)