The Routledge handbook of applied linguistics

[edited by] James Simpson.
Contributor:
Simpson, James, 1967-
Resource Type:
Book
Publication:
Milton Park, Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Edition:
First edition
Physical Description:
xix, 725 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Availability

Charles Library - Stacks (4th floor)

Call Number Description Type Availability
P129 .R68 2011

Details

Series Title:
Routledge handbooks in applied linguistics
Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Applied linguistics in action -- Language policy and planning / Lionel Wee -- Business communication / Vijay Bhatia, Aditi Bhatia -- Translation and interpreting / Mona Baker, Luis Pérez-González -- Lexicography / Thierry Fontenelle -- The media / Anne O'Keeffe -- Institutional discourse / Celia Roberts -- Medical communication / Sarah Collins, Sarah Peters, Ian Watt -- Clinical linguistics / Michael Perkins, Sara Howard -- Language and ageing / Kees de Bot, Nienke van der Hoeven -- Forensic linguistics / Frances Rock -- Language learning, language education -- Key concepts in language learning and language education / Diane Larsen-Freeman -- Second language acquisition / Lourdes Ortega -- Language teaching methodology / Scott Thornbury -- Technology and language learning / Richard Kern -- Language teacher education / Simon Borg -- Bilingual education / Ingrid Gogolin -- English for academic purposes / Nigel Harwood, Bojana Petric -- Language testing / Barry O'Sullivan -- Classroom discourse / Amy B. M. Tsui -- Language socialization / Agnes Weiyun He -- Language, culture and identity -- Language and culture / Claire Kramsch -- Identity / Bonny Norton -- Gender / Judith Baxter -- Ethnicity / Roxy Harris -- Sign languages / Bencie Woll, Rachel Sutton-Spence -- World Englishes / Andy Kirkpatrick, David Deterding -- Linguistic imperialism / Suresh Canagarajah, Selim Ben Said -- Multilingualism / Jasone Cenoz, Durk Gorter -- Language and migration / Mike Baynham -- Perspectives on language in use -- Discourse analysis / Guy Cook -- Critical discourse analysis / Kieran O'Halloran -- Neurolinguistics / Elisabeth Ahlsén -- Psycholinguistics / John Field -- Sociocultural and cultural-historical theories of language development / Steven L. Thome, Thomas Tasker -- Sociolinguistics / Carmen Llamas -- Linguistic ethnography / Janet Maybin, Karin Tusting -- Literacy / Doris S. Warriner -- Stylistics / Elena Semino -- Descriptions of language for applied linguistics -- Grammar / Michael Swan -- Lexis / Joe Barcroft, Gretchen Sunderman, Norbert Schmitt -- Phonetics and phonology / Helen Fraser -- Corpus linguistics / Svenja Adolphs, Phoebe M. S. Lin -- Cognitive linguistics / Hans-Jörg Schmid, Friedrich Ungerer -- Systemic functional linguistics / Lynne Young -- Generative grammar / Shigenori Wakabayashi -- The emergence of language as a complex adaptive system / Nick C. Ellis -- Multimodality / Theo van Leeuwen.
Summary:
The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics serves as an introduction and reference point to key areas in the field of applied linguistics. The five sections of the volume encompass a wide range of topics from a variety of perspectives: Applied linguistics in action, Language learning, language education, Language, culture and identity, Perspectives on language in use, Descriptions of language for applied linguistics, The 47 chapters connect knowledge about language to decision-making in the real world. The volume as a whole highlights the role of applied linguistics, which is to make insights drawn from language study relevant to such decision-making. The chapters are written by specialists from around the world. Each one provides an overview of the history of the topic, the main current issues and possible future trajectory. Where appropriate, authors discuss the impact and use of new technology in the area. Suggestions for further reading are provided with every chapter. The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics is an essential purchase for postgraduate students of applied linguistics. Book jacket.
Subject:
Genre:
Handbooks and manuals
ISBN:
  • 9780415490672
  • 0415490677
  • 9780203835654
  • 0203835654
LC Classification:
P129 .R68 2011
Catalog Record ID:
991008161989703811
Language:
English