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The American Association for Applied Linguistics is an American organization, founded in 1977, of scholars interested in applied linguistics. Applied linguistics is concerned with using linguistic theory to address real-world problems. ...
The field of appliedlinguistics first concerned itself with second language learning, in particular errors and contrastive analysis in the 1950s and 1960s.
In the 1970s, with the failure of contrastive analysis as a theory to predict errors, appliedlinguists began to adopt Noam Chomsky's theory of Universal Grammar to explain second language learning phenomena.
The AmericanAssociation for AppliedLinguistics formed in the 1970s when it began holding separate conferences from the Linguistic Society of America.
Appliedlinguistics is the branch of linguistics concerned with using linguistic theory to address real-world problems.
The field of appliedlinguistics first concerned itself with second language acquisition, in particular errors and contrastive analysis, in the 1950s and 1960s.
Today, the field is a cross-disciplinary mix of departments primarily from linguistics, anthropology, psychology, and education.
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