'''applied linguistics''' interdisciplinary field identifies investigates offers solutions language related real life problems academic fields related applied linguistics education psychology communication research anthropology sociology domain applied linguistics interdisciplinary field major branches applied linguistics include bilingualism multilingualism conversation analysis contrastive linguistics sign linguistics language assessment literacies discourse analysis language pedagogy second language acquisition language planning policy interlinguistics stylistics language teacher education pragmatics forensic linguistics translation journals major journals field include ''research methods applied linguistics'' ''annual review applied
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