Directions in Applied Linguistics

Informationen zum Autor Paul Bruthiaux, Dwight Atkinson, William G. Eggington, William Grabe and Vaidehi Ramanathan conducted their doctoral research at the University of Southern California in the 1980s and 1990s, with Robert B. Kaplan playing a significant role in their development as applied linguists. Now they have joined forces to co-edit a collection of essays and research papers that review current trends across the spectrum of applied linguistics and discuss their implications for the future the field. Klappentext This book explores current issues in Language Education, English for Academic Purposes, Contrastive Discourse Analysis, and Language Policy and Planning, and outline promising directions for theory and practice in applied linguistics. The collection also honours the life-long contribution of Robert B. Kaplan to the field.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Bruthiaux
• Assisted by: Dwight Atkinson (Editor), Paul Bruthiaux (Editor), William Eggington (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.10.2005
• EAN: 9781853598494
• ISBN: 978-1-85359-849-4
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Multilingual Matters; Multilingual Matters
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Fremdsprachenerwerb, Fremdsprachendidaktik, Soziolinguistik, HISTORY / Military / World War I, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Erster Weltkrieg (1914 bis 1918), History - Military / War, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching