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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954681203321

Titolo

Knowledge and discourse : towards an ecology of language / / edited by Colin Barron, Nigel Bruce, David Nunan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

9781317881261

1317881265

9780582328808

0582328802

9781315839905

1315839903

9781317881278

1317881273

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Language in social life series

Altri autori (Persone)

BarronColin

BruceNigel (Nigel James)

NunanDavid

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Sociolinguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 2002 by Pearson Education Limited.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Reflexive practices -- pt. 2. Social practices -- pt. 3. Professional and academic practices.

Sommario/riassunto

Knowledge and Discourse presents an ecological approach to the study of discourse in social, academic and professional practices. It brings together distinguished scholars from diverse cultures - India, China, Australia, Canada among others - and disciplines - linguistics, anthropology, sociology, philosophy. The chapters collectively illustrate the ecological approach by exploring how language makes connections between subjective experiences as people construct meaning and action. This book offers the reader a holistic, interdisciplinary approach to the study of language as discourse, questioning traditional views of disciplinary knowledge and the role of discourse in the pursuit, construction and compartmentalisation of such knowledge. Through



the variety of disciplines, experiences and approaches, the contributors show how the world and word are contingent on each other. The notions of connectivity, contingency and change are themes that run through the book, and in the interweaving of these themes readers will find persuasive illustrations of an ecological approach to applied linguistics.