Applied Linguistics As Social Science |
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| Author:
| Sealey, Alison
Carter, Bob |
| Series edited by:
| Candlin, Christopher
Sarangi, Srikant |
| Series title: | Advances in Applied Linguistics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8264-5520-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2004 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
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| Imprint: | Continuum |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $57.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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