大三语言学基础Week-VI：Macrolinguistics(Branches).pptVIP

* 语言学 Linguistics Week VI Macro-linguistics Branches Bloomfield Definition Macrolinguistics is often defined as the scientific study of language in the broadest sense and is concerned with any branches of science other than linguistics per se. Macrolinguistics study often resorts to interdisciplinary approach, and, as a result of which, has given birth to a long list of branches and subbranches: sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, ethnological linguistics, anthropological linguistics, applied linguistics, clinical linguistics, stylistics, lexicography, mathematical linguistics, statistical linguistics (also: quantitative linguistics) and computational linguistics, etc. Sociolinguistics Sociolinguistics began to take shape in 60’s of last century, which employs the theories and approaches in linguistics and sociology for its own use. The primary task of sociolinguistics is to probe into the rules of language in social environment and describe linguistic variation. Sociolinguistics can be divided into Theoretical Sociolinguistics and Applied Sociolinguistics TS: what modes and approaches should be adopted when investigating the relevance between linguistic variants and linguistic community constructs so as to provide some universal interpretations for communicative competence AS: concerns mainly some societal and political connotations that lies behind the inequality of language use. code-switching bilingual use Topics advertisement language analysis Sociolinguistics is important not only in that it helps us to see the connection between the change of a language and that of a society, but also in that it satisfies the needs of the society. taboos and euphemisms Secondly, modern societies needs to formulate language policy and plan in the light of sociolinguistic principles, such as the decision on the policy of international communicative languages, establishment of foreign language curriculum, l