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Which fields of study are included within macrolinguistics?

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Ferdinand de Saussure seated in a formal pose, wearing a dark suit with a vest and sporting a thick mustache, circa 1900. — Linguistics Much of the foundation of 20th-century sociolinguistics was created by the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913).

In the study of linguistics, macrolinguistics represents a broad approach that examines language in relation to its external functions and contexts, rather than analyzing it in isolation.1

The fields of study included within macrolinguistics are:

Psycholinguistics: The study of the psychological mechanisms underlying speech production and reception.1
Sociolinguistics: The study of language in relation to its social function.1
Anthropological linguistics: The study of the relationship between language and culture.1
Dialectology: The study of language varieties and regional differences.1
Mathematical and computational linguistics: The use of mathematical and computational methods to analyze language.1
Stylistics: The study of the aesthetic and communicative functions of language.1

It is important to note that macrolinguistics is distinct from applied linguistics. While macrolinguistics encompasses these broader interdisciplinary aspects, it maintains a theoretical foundation similar to that of microlinguistics.1