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Item Details
Title:
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APPLIED LINGUISTICS AS SOCIAL SCIENCE
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By: |
Alison Sealey, Bob Carter |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£41.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0826455204 |
ISBN 13: |
9780826455208 |
Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
Pub. date: |
1 May, 2004 |
Series: |
Advances in Applied Linguistics |
Pages: |
260 |
Description: |
Applied Linguistics As Social Science surveys the increasing dialogue between linguistics and social theory. |
Synopsis: |
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 |
Illustrations: |
1, black & white illustrations |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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