Alison Sealey, Bob Carter

Applied Linguistics as Social Science (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847142283
• Artikelnr.: 40776592

Autorenporträt

Alison Sealey is Professor Emerita of Applied Linguistics at Lancaster University, UK