''Applied Linguistics'' is a

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in the field of

applied linguistics Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field which identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems. Some of the academic fields related to applied linguistics are education, psychology, communication rese ...

established in 1980 and published by

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. It appears six times a year. Current

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is Christina Higgins (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa). According to the ''

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'', the journal had a 2020

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of 5.741.

Aims and scope

The journal publishes both research papers and conceptual articles in all aspects of applied linguistics, such as

lexicography Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines. It is the art of compiling dictionaries. * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. * Theoretica ...

corpus linguistics Corpus linguistics is the study of language, study of a language as that language is expressed in its text corpus (plural ''corpora''), its body of "real world" text. Corpus linguistics proposes that a reliable analysis of a language is more feas ...

multilingualism Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. More than half of all E ...

discourse analysis Discourse analysis (DA), or discourse studies, is an approach to the analysis of written, vocal, or sign language use, or any significant semiotic event. The objects of discourse Analysis ( discourse, writing, conversation, communicative event ...

, and

language education Language education – the process and practice of teaching a second or foreign language – is primarily a branch of applied linguistics, but can be an interdisciplinary field. There are four main learning categories for language education: ...

, aiming at promoting discussion among researchers in different fields. It features a "Forum" section, introduced in 2001, intended for short contributions, such as responses to articles and notices about current research.

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* English-language journals Linguistics journals Oxford University Press academic journals Quarterly journals Publications established in 1980 {{ling-journal-stub

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