Applied Linguistics as Social Science Paperback / softback
by Alison Sealey, Bob Carter
Part of the Advances in Applied Linguistics series
Paperback / softback
Description
Applied Linguistics as Social Science surveys the increasing dialogue between linguistics and social theory.
The book shows how social theory, applied linguistics and sociolinguistics share a set of common concerns, and how an analysis of these to produce a social scientific account of applied linguistics helps to explain the interaction between social structures, human agents and language.
Foreword . Introduction . Making connections: some key issues in social theory and applied linguistics .
Sociology and ideas about language . Language as a cultural emergent property . Researching language learning: theories, evidence, claims .
Social categories and theoretical descriptions . Social domain theory: interpreting intercultural communication .
Language in the world: properties and powers . A social realist approach to research in applied linguistics
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:01/05/2004
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- ISBN:9780826455208
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:01/05/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780826455208
