Applied Linguistics and Communities of Practice
Published on 30. September 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-8264-7171-0 (ISBN)
Description
The papers in this collection, drawn from the 35th Annual Conference of the British Association of Applied Linguistics, reflect the diversity of approach within the field of applied linguistics at the start of the twenty-first century.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 133 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-7171-0 (9780826471710)
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Content
David Crystal, Final frontiers in applied linguistics; Esther Daborn and T.J.E. Miller, "Doing engineering" globally - Negotiating shared meaning in a world-wide community of practice; Susan Dray, Writing for a speech community - The functions of a Creole vernacular on outdoor texts in Jamaica; Sandra Harrison, Computer-mediated interaction - Using discourse maps to represent multi-party, multi-topic asynchronous discussions; Georgina Heydon, Now I didn't mean to break his teeth - Applying topic management to problems of power asymetry and voluntary confessions; Emma Marsden, Florence Myles, Sarah Rule, Rosamond Mitchell, Using CHILDES tools for researching second language acquisition; Rosamond Mitchell, Rationales for foreign language education in the 21st century; Celia Roberts, Applied linguistics applied; Srikant Sarangi, Angus Clarke, Kristina Bennert & Lucy Howell, Categorisation practices across professional boundaries - some analytic insights from genetic counselling; Julianne Schwarz, The relationship between age and attitude to non-sexist language reform - The case of Ms; John Swales, Is the university a community of practice?.