Applied Linguistics as Social Science

by Bob Carter and Alison Sealey

Book Overview

Applied Linguistics as Social Science surveys the increasing dialogue between linguistics and social theory. The book shows how social theory, applied linguistics and sociolinguistics share a set of common concerns, and how an analysis of these to produce a social scientific account of applied linguistics helps to explain the interaction between social structures, human agents and language. Foreword - Introduction - Making connections: some key...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826455204
• ISBN13: 9780826455208
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"