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 .
ISBN: | 9780826455192 |
Publication date: | 1st May 2004 |
Author: | Alison Sealey, Bob Carter |
Publisher: | Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 256 pages |
Series: | Advances in Applied Linguistics |
Genres: |
Sociolinguistics Sociology |