1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics

Edited By James Simpson Copyright 2011
    752 Pages
    by Routledge

    752 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    Editorial board: Ronald Carter, Guy Cook, Diane Larsen-Freeman and Amy Tsui.

     

    Acknowledgements

       

    Introduction: Applied linguistics in the contemporary world

    James Simpson

         

    Section 1. Applied linguistics in action

       

    Language policy and planning

    Lionel Wee

     

    Business communication

    Vijay Bhatia and Aditi Bhatia

     

    Translation and interpreting

    Mona Baker and Luis Pérez-González

     

    Lexicography

    Thierry Fontenelle

     

    The media

    Anne O’Keeffe

     

    Institutional discourse

    Celia Roberts

     

    Medical communication

    Sarah Collins, Sarah Peters and Ian Watt

     

    Clinical linguistics

    Michael Perkins and Sara Howard

     

    Language and ageing

    Kees de Bot and Nienke van der Hoeven

     

    Forensic linguistics

    Frances Rock

         

    Section 2. Language learning, language education

       

    Key concepts in language learning and language education

    Diane Larsen-Freeman

     

    Second language acquisition

    Lourdes Ortega

     

    Language teaching methodology

    Scott Thornbury

     

    Technology and language learning

    Richard Kern

     

    Language teacher education

    Simon Borg

     

    Bilingual education

    Ingrid Gogolin

     

    English for academic purposes

    Nigel Harwood and Bojana Petrić

     

    Language testing

    Barry O’Sullivan

     

    Classroom discourse

    Amy Tsui

     

    Language socialisation

    Agnes He

         

    Section 3. Language, culture and identity

       

    Culture

    Claire Kramsch

     

    Identity

    Bonny Norton

     

    Gender

    Judith Baxter

     

    Ethnicity

    Roxy Harris

     

    Sign languages

    Bencie Woll and Rachel Sutton-Spence

     

    World Englishes

    Andy Kirkpatrick and David Deterding

     

    Linguistic imperialism

    Suresh Canagarajah and Selim Ben Said

     

    Multilingualism

    Jasone Cenoz and Durk Gorter

     

    Language and migration

    Mike Baynham

         

    Section 4. Perspectives on language in use

       

    Discourse analysis

    Guy Cook

     

    Critical discourse analysis

    Kieran O’Halloran

     

    Neurolinguistics

    Elisabeth Ahlsén

     

    Psycholinguistics

    John Field

     

    Sociocultural and cultural-historical theories of language development

    Steven L. Thorne and Thomas Tasker

     

    Sociolinguistics

    Carmen Llamas

     

    Linguistic ethnography

    Janet Maybin and Karin Tusting

     

    Literacy

    Doris S. Warriner

     

    Stylistics

    Elena Semino

         

    Section 5. Descriptions of language for applied linguistics

       

    Grammar

    Michael Swan

     

    Lexis

    Joe Barcroft, Norbert Schmitt and Gretchen Sunderman

     

    Phonetics and phonology

    Helen Fraser

     

    Corpus linguistics

    Svenja Adolphs and Phoebe Lin

     

    Cognitive linguistics

    Hans-Jörg Schmid and Friedrich Ungerer

     

    Systemic functional linguistics

    Lynne Young

     

    Generative grammar

    Shigenori Wakabayashi

     

    The emergence of language as a complex adaptive system

    Nick C. Ellis

     

    Multimodality

    Theo van Leeuwen

         

    Index

     

    Biography

    James Simpson is a senior lecturer in the School of Education, University of Leeds.

    "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

    "...an authoritative and worthwhile addition to the general literature on applied linguistics." - Jinrui Li, University of Waikato