The Handbook of Applied Linguistics

Copyright © 2004 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

The Handbook of Applied Linguistics

Editor(s): Alan Davies, Catherine Elder

Published Online: 21 JAN 2008

Print ISBN: 9780631228998

Online ISBN: 9780470757000

DOI: 10.1002/9780470757000

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The Handbook of Applied Linguistics is a collection of newly commissioned articles that provide a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the field of Applied Linguistics.


  • Provides a comprehensive and current picture of the field of Applied Linguistics.
  • Contains 32 newly commissioned articles that examine both the applications of linguistics to language data and the use of real world language to ameliorate social problems.
  • Valuable resource for students and researchers in applied linguistics, language teaching, and second language acquisition.
  • Presents applied linguistics as an independent discipline that unifies practical experience and theoretical understanding of language development and language in use.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xvii)

    1. Applied Linguistics: Subject to Discipline? (pages 1–15)

      Alan Davies and Catherine Elder

  3. Part I: Linguistics-Applied (L-A)

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      Introduction to Part I (pages 17–24)

      Alan Davies

    2. Chapter 1

      Language Descriptions (pages 25–53)

      Anthony J. Liddicoat and Timothy J. Curnow

  4. Part I: Linguistics-Applied (L-A) - Section 1

    1. Chapter 2

      Lexicography (pages 54–81)

      Alan Kirkness

  5. Part I: Linguistics-Applied (L-A) - Section 2

    1. Chapter 3

      Second Language Acquisition and Ultimate Attainment (pages 82–105)

      David Birdsong

    2. Chapter 4

      Language Corpora (pages 106–132)

      Michael Stubbs

    3. Chapter 5

      Discourse Analysis (pages 133–164)

      Hugh Trappes-Lomax

  6. Part I: Linguistics-Applied (L-A) - Section 3

    1. Chapter 6

      British Sign Language (pages 165–186)

      Rachel Sutton-Spence and Bencie Woll

    2. Chapter 7

      Assessing Language Attitudes: Speaker Evaluation Studies (pages 187–209)

      Howard Giles and Andrew C. Billings

    3. Chapter 8

      Language Attrition (pages 210–234)

      Monika S. Schmid and Kees de Bot

    4. Chapter 9

      Language, Thought, and Culture (pages 235–261)

      Claire Kramsch

    5. Chapter 10

      Conversation Analysis (pages 262–284)

      Rod Gardner

  7. Part I: Linguistics-Applied (L-A) - Section 4

    1. Chapter 11

      Language and the Law (pages 285–303)

      John Gibbons

    2. Chapter 12

      Language and Gender (pages 304–327)

      Susan Ehrlich

    3. Chapter 13

      Stylistics (pages 328–346)

      John Mcrae and Urszula Clark

  8. Part I: Linguistics-Applied (L-A) - Section 5

    1. Chapter 14

      Language and Politics (pages 347–366)

      John E. Joseph

    2. Chapter 15

      World Englishes (pages 367–396)

      Kingsley Bolton

  9. Part I: Linguistics-Applied (L-A) - Section 6

    1. Chapter 16

      The Philosophy of Applied Linguistics (pages 397–420)

      Kanavillil Rajagopalan

  10. Part II: Applied-Linguistics (A-L)

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      Introduction to Part II (pages 421–430)

      Catherine Elder

  11. Part II: Applied-Linguistics (A-L) - Section 7

    1. Chapter 17

      The Native Speaker in Applied Linguistics (pages 431–450)

      Alan Davies

    2. Chapter 18

      Language Minorities (pages 451–475)

      John Edwards

    3. Chapter 19

      Research Methods for Applied Linguistics: Scope, Characteristics, and Standards (pages 476–500)

      James Dean Brown

  12. Part II: Applied-Linguistics (A-L) - Section 8

    1. Chapter 20

      Second Language Learning (pages 501–524)

      William Littlewood

    2. Chapter 21

      Individual Differences in Second Language Learning (pages 525–551)

      Rod Ellis

    3. Chapter 22

      Social Influences on Language Learning (pages 552–575)

      Gary Barkhuizen

    4. Chapter 23

      Literacy Studies (pages 576–603)

      Eddie Williams

  13. Part II: Applied-Linguistics (A-L) - Section 9

    1. Chapter 24

      Fashions in Language Teaching Methodology (pages 604–622)

      Bob Adamson

    2. Chapter 25

      Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) (pages 623–648)

      Paul Gruba

    3. Chapter 26

      Language Teacher Education (pages 649–671)

      Richard Johnstone

    4. Chapter 27

      The Practice of LSP (pages 672–694)

      Helen Basturkmen and Catherine Elder

    5. Chapter 28

      Bilingual Education (pages 695–718)

      Heather Lotherington

  14. Part II: Applied-Linguistics (A-L) - Section 10

    1. Chapter 29

      Language Maintenance (pages 719–737)

      Anne Pauwels

    2. Chapter 30

      Language Planning as Applied Linguistics (pages 738–762)

      Joseph Lo Bianco

    3. Chapter 31

      Language Testing (pages 763–783)

      Tim Mcnamara

  15. Part II: Applied-Linguistics (A-L) - Section 11

    1. Chapter 32

      Critical Applied Linguistics (pages 784–807)

      Alastair Pennycook

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      Index (pages 808–866)

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