The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics serves as an introduction and reference point to key areas in the field of applied linguistics. The five sections of the volume encompass a wide range of topics from a variety of perspectives: applied linguistics in action language learning, language education language, culture and identity perspectives on language in use descriptions of language for applied linguistics. The forty-seven chapters connect knowledge about language to decision-making in the real world. The volume as a whole highlights the role of applied linguistics, which is to make insights drawn from language study relevant to such decision-making. The chapters are written by specialists from around the world. Each one provides an overview of the history of the topic, the main current issues and possible future trajectory. Where appropriate, authors discuss the impact and use of new technology in the area. Suggestions for further reading are provided with every chapter. The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics is an essential purchase for postgraduate students of applied linguistics.

ISBN 0415490677   Pages 752 ISBN13 9780415490672 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1496 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Published in London Imprint Routledge   Series title Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics Format Hardback   Height (mm) 246 Publication date 08 Mar 2011   Width (mm) 174 DEWEY 410   Academic level Postgraduate DEWEY edition DC22

Acknowledgementsa a Introduction: Applied linguistics in the contemporary world James Simpson aaa a Section 1. Applied linguistics in action a a Language policy and planning Lionel Wee a Business communication Vijay Bhatia and Aditi Bhatia a Translation and interpreting Mona Baker and Luis Perez-Gonzaleza Lexicography Thierry Fontenelle a The media Anne O'Keeffe a Institutional discourse Celia Roberts a Medical communication Sarah Collins, Sarah Peters and Ian Watt a Clinical linguistics Michael Perkins and Sara Howard a Language and ageing Kees de Bot and Nienke van der Hoeven a Forensic linguistics Frances Rock aaa a Section 2. Language learning, language educationa a Key concepts in language learning and language education Diane Larsen-Freeman a Second language acquisition Lourdes Ortega a Language teaching methodology Scott Thornbury a Technology and language learning Richard Kern a Language teacher education Simon Borg a Bilingual education Ingrid Gogolin a English for academic purposes Nigel Harwood and Bojana Petrica Language testing Barry O'Sullivan a Classroom discourse Amy Tsui a Language socialisation Agnes He aaa a Section 3. Language, culture and identitya a Culture Claire Kramsch a Identity Bonny Norton a Gender Judith Baxter a Ethnicity Roxy Harris a Sign languages Bencie Woll and Rachel Sutton-Spence a World Englishes Andy Kirkpatrick and David Deterding a Linguistic imperialism Suresh Canagarajah and Selim Ben Said a Multilingualism Jasone Cenoz and Durk Gorter a Language and migration Mike Baynham aaa a Section 4. Perspectives on language in use a a Discourse analysis Guy Cook a Critical discourse analysis Kieran O'Halloran a Neurolinguistics Elisabeth Ahlsena Psycholinguistics John Field a Sociocultural and cultural-historical theories of language development Steven L. Thorne and Thomas Tasker a Sociolinguistics Carmen Llamas a Linguistic ethnography Janet Maybin and Karin Tusting a Literacy Doris S. Warriner a Stylistics Elena Semino aaa a Section 5. Descriptions of language for applied linguisticsa a Grammar Michael Swan a Lexis Joe Barcroft, Norbert Schmitt and Gretchen Sunderman a Phonetics and phonology Helen Fraser a Corpus linguistics Svenja Adolphs and Phoebe Lina Cognitive linguistics Hans-Jorg Schmid and Friedrich Ungerer a Systemic functional linguistics Lynne Young a Generative grammar Shigenori Wakabayashi a The emergence of language as a complex adaptive system Nick C. Ellis a Multimodality Theo van Leeuwen aaa a Indexa

"This is a superb collection of chapters that illustrates the robustness of applied linguistics. The volume coherently documents the fact that the field has come a long way since its early focus on the teaching and learning of languages beyond the first. Anyone interested in understanding the scope of applied linguistics at the start of the 21st century would do well to consult this work." James P. Lantolf, Penn State University, USA "An amazingly broad and comprehensive account of the diverse areas that make up Applied Linguistics today, giving both their history and up-to-date accounts of their state. Students and researchers will be reminded of the richness and complexity of the discipline.They will find it a useful source of information on a wide variety of topics." Vivian Cook, University of Newcastle, UK

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