Title Applied linguistics and communities of practice : selected papers from the annual meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, Cardiff University, September 2002 / edited by Srikant Sarangi and Theo van Leeuwen

Published London ; New York : British Association for Applied Linguistics, in association with Continuum, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations Series British studies in applied linguistics British studies in applied linguistics. Contents 1 Applied linguistics and communities of practice: gaining communality or losing disciplinary autonomy?; 2 Final frontiers in applied linguistics?; 3 'Doing engineering' globally: negotiating meaning in a world-wide community of practice; 4 Sociolinguistic struggles in outdoor texts in a Creolespeaking community: the significance of 'embedding'; 5 Computer-mediated interaction: using discourse maps to represent multi-party, multi-topic asynchronous discussions 6 'Now I didn't mean to break his teeth': Applying topic management to problems of power asymmetry and voluntary confessions7 Using CHILDES tools for researching second language acquisition; 8 Rationales for foreign language education in the 21st century; 9 Applied linguistics applied; 10 Categorisation practices across professional boundaries: some analytic insights from genetic counselling; 11 Quantifying non-sexist language: the case of Ms; 12 Interaction in the literacy hour: a case study of learners with English as an additional language; 13 Is the university a community of practice? Summary The papers in this volume demonstrate the strides applied linguists have taken, in 'pure' or 'impure' form, since the classic volume of Corder's Introducing Applied Linguistics speculated about the discipline's possible frontiers. With a judicious combination of empirical, theoretical and policy-oriented studies, the volume takes a close, hard look at the present and future challenges Analysis applied linguistics BAAL Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Print version record Subject Applied linguistics -- Congresses REFERENCE. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabets & Writing Systems. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Spelling. Applied linguistics Angewandte Linguistik Kommunikationsforschung Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author Sarangi, Srikant, 1956- Van Leeuwen, Theo, 1947- ISBN 9781847141743 1847141749 9780826472809 082647280X 1474211763 9781474211765 1281292060 9781281292063 9786611292065 6611292063 9781441111906 1441111905

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