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The handbook of applied linguistics Edited by Alan Davies and Catherine Elder Published by Blackwell (2004) |
Book description
Applied linguistics is defined as the theorizing investigation of real-world problems in whichlanguage has a central role. Those who regard themselves as applied linguists proceed from theproblem to the analysis and the explanation (and possibly the proposals for change), in otherwords from practice to theory. Those who regard themselves primarily as linguists oftenproceed in the reverse direction, from linguistic theory to the understanding - and amelioration -of language problems. This further implies that in their applied linguistics, applied linguists takeaccount of a wider range of interests and disciplines than do linguists who are primarilyconcerned with the development and validation of linguistic theories. Both approaches toapplied linguistics, that of linguistics-applied (from theory to practice) and that ofapplied-linguistics (from practice to theory) are considered in this handbook but greateremphasis is placed on the latter.
By careful selection of topic and of author, the attempt is made to offer a coherent account of applied linguistics and in doing so to provide a consideration ofapplied linguistics as itself an independent and coherent discipline, which like similar vocationalactivities (general medicine, business studies, applied psychology, law) seeks to marry practicalexperience and theoretical understanding of language development and language in use.
About the Author
Catherine Elder is an Associate Professor in Second and Foreign LanguageTeaching in the Faculty of Education at Monash University.
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