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The Handbook of Applied Linguistics

Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
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The Handbook of Applied Linguistics is a comprehensive collection of over 30 newly commissioned articles offering a current and detailed overview of applied linguistics. Divided into sections reflecting two main approaches—applications of linguistics to real-world language data and a problem-based approach investigating language use to address social issues—the book presents applied linguistics as an independent, coherent discipline uniting practical experience with theoretical insight. It serves as an essential resource for students and researchers focused on applied linguistics, language teaching, and second language acquisition.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This handbook is ideal for students, researchers, and academics involved in applied linguistics, language teaching, and second language acquisition seeking a thorough and scholarly resource.

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* Provides a comprehensive and current picture of the field of Applied Linguistics. * Contains 32 newly commissioned articles that examine both the applications of linguistics to language data and the use of real world language to ameliorate social problems.

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The Handbook of Applied Linguistics is a collection of over 30 newly commissioned articles that provide a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the field of applied linguistics.

The handbook is divided into parts that demonstrate the two main approaches to the field: applications of linguistics (sometimes called linguistics applied or L-A) to real-world language data with the purpose of further understanding language and evaluating linguistic theory; and the problem-based approach (known as applied linguistics or A-L) that investigates real-world language with the objective of understanding language use and ameliorating social problems.

The handbook presents applied linguistics as an independent and coherent discipline that seeks to unify practical experience and theoretical understanding of language development and language in use. It is a valuable resource for students and researchers in applied linguistics, language teaching, and second language acquisition.

Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics

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Language Teaching Research praises the book as "handsomely produced, and very attractive visually," highlighting the editors as leading experts who have assembled a strong group of contributors. The review recommends the handbook for every academic library and notes its thought-provoking material that challenges and supports established positions. John C. Maher from International Christian University, Tokyo, describes it as "an authoritative guide to the focal issues" with original contributions and signposts to the future of applied linguistics.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781405138093

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 December 2005

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Contributors:

  • Edited by Alan Davies
  • Edited by Catherine Elder

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 47.0mm

Width: 171.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 1492g

Pages: 896

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About the Author

Alan Davies is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. His publications include Principles of Language Testing (1990), An Introduction to Applied Linguistics (1999), and The Native Speaker: Myth and Reality (2003).

Catherine Elder is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. She is the author, with Alan Davies et al., of the Dictionary of Language Testing (1999) and co-editor of Experimenting with Uncertainty (2001).

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