An introduction to applied linguistics : from practice to theory / / Alan Davies

• Autore: Davies Alan, Ph. D.
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2007
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Disciplina: 418
• Soggetto topico: Applied linguistics; Linguistics
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-193) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: History and 'definitions'; Chapter 2: Doing being applied linguists: the importance of experience; Chapter 3: Language and language practices; Chapter 4: Applied linguistics and language learning/teaching; Chapter 5: Applied linguistics and language use; Chapter 6: The professionalising of applied linguists; Chapter 7: Applied linguistics: no 'bookish theoric'; Chapter 8: The applied linguistics challenge; Glossary; Exercises; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This Second Edition of the foundational textbook An Introduction to Applied Linguistics provides a state-of-the-art account of contemporary applied linguistics. The kinds of language problems of interest to applied linguists are discussed and a distinction drawn between the different research approach taken by theoretical linguists and by applied linguists to what seem to be the same problems. Professor Davies describes a variety of projects which illustrate the interests of the field and highlight the marriage it offers between practical experience and theoretical understanding. The increasing
• Titolo autorizzato: An introduction to applied linguistics
• ISBN: 1-280-95311-X; 9786610953110; 0-7486-3356-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807787903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Edinburgh textbooks in applied linguistics.