An introduction to applied linguistics from practice to theory /

• Main Author: Davies, Alan, 1931 February 17-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2007.
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Series: Edinburgh textbooks in applied linguistics.
• Subjects: Applied linguistics.; REFERENCE.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Alphabets & Writing Systems.; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General. > Linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Spelling.; Angewandte Linguistik.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Item Description: Previous ed.: 1999.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 199 p.)
• Format: Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-193) and index.
• ISBN: 9780748633562 (electronic bk.); 0748633561 (electronic bk.)

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 which illustrate the interests of the field and highlight the marriage it offers between practical experience and theoretical understanding. The increasin.