Applied Linguistics in Action: A Reader

Contents

Introduction

Part One: Applied linguistics in theory

Introduction to Part One

1. The theory of practice

H.G. Widdowson

2. Language, linguistics, and education

Christopher Brumfit

3. Continuity and change in views of society in applied linguistics

Ben Rampton

4. Making connections: Some key issues in social theory and applied linguistics

Alison Sealey and Bob Carter

Part Two: English in the world

Introduction to Part Two


5. Why a Global Language?

David Crystal

6. The ownership of English

H.G. Widdowson

7. English in the world/The world in English

Alastair Pennycook

8. The (Re-) framing process as a collaborative locus for change
Branca F. Fabrício and Denise Santos

9. A sociolinguistically based, empirically researched pronunciation syllabus for English as an international language

Jennifer Jenkins

Part Three: Applied linguistics in action

Introduction to Part Three

1. Interpreting inexplicit language during courtroom examination

Jieun Lee

2. One word or two? Psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic interpretations of meaning in a civil court case

Alison Wray and John J. Staczek

3. My recaller is on vacation: Discourse analysis of nursing-home residents with dementia Katinka Dijkstra, Michelle Bourgeois, Geoffrey Petrie, Lou Burgio and Rebecca Allen-Burge
4. Transforming research on morphology into teacher practice

Jane Hurry, Terezinha Nunes, Peter Bryant, Ursula Pretzlik, Mary Parker, Tamsin Curno

and Lucinda Midgley

5. Sources, methods and triangulation in needs analysis: A critical perspective in a case study of

Waikiki hotel maids

Rebeca Jasso-Aguilar

6. The Grammar of conversation

S. Thornbury and D. Slade

7. Idioms in everyday use and in language teaching

A. O'Keefe, M. McCarthy and R. Carter

8. Bumping into creative idiomaticity

Luke Prodromou

9. Time, tense and perception in the narrative voice of Bret Easton Ellis’s Lunar Park

Philip Seargeant

10. Applied linguists and institutions of opinion

Greg Myers

Biography

Guy Cook, Sarah North

'This is an expertly put-together collection of articles that represent some of the most important and exciting work in applied linguistics. It offers the reader a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the key areas of the field today. It is an excellent resource for students and instructors alike.' - Li Wei, University of London, Birkbeck College

'This is an excellent volume...a must for anybody who is pursuing a higher degree in the field.' - Amy B M Tsui, The University of Hong Kong