An Introduction to Applied Linguistics: From Practice to Theory

by Alan Davies

This second edition of the foundational textbook An Introduction to Applied Linguistics provides a state-of-the-art account of contemporary applied linguistics. The kinds of language problems of interest to applied linguists are discussed and a distinction drawn between the different research approach taken by theoretical linguists and by applied linguists to what seem to be the same problems. Professor Davies describes a variety of projects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0041V02NY
• ISBN13: 9780748633555
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher