The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics [Paperback]

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguisticsserves 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 Linguisticsis 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 P?rez-Gonz?lez

Lexicography

Thierry Fontenelle

The media

Anne OKeeffe

Institutional discourse

Clã,