کتاب مقدمه ای بر زبانشناسی کاربردی

کتاب An Introduction to Applied Linguistics 2nd  یک مقاله پیشرفته از زبان شناسی کاربردی معاصر را فراهم می کند. انواع مشکلات زبانی مورد علاقه زبان شناسان کاربردی مورد بحث قرار گرفته است و تفاوت بین رویکردهای تحقیقی مختلف انجام شده توسط زبان شناسان نظری و زبان شناسان کاربردی در مورد مشکلات یکسان مشخص می شوند.

کتاب An Introduction to Applied Linguistics 2nd

پروفسور دیویس پروژه های متنوعی را توصیف می کند که منافع حوزه را نشان می دهد و ازدواج را بین تجربه عملی و درک نظری برجسته می کند. تأکید روزافزون زبانشناسی کاربردی بر اخلاق با رشد حرفه ای و نگرانی برای پاسخگویی پیوند دارد ، که با تأکید بر مواضع مهم ، بیشتر مورد تأکید قرار می گیرد. دیویس معتقد است كه این امر در حد شدیدترین تنش بین ارائه مشاوره به عنوان نتیجه تحقیق و اقدام سیاسی به منظور تغییر وضعیتی است كه ادعا می شود نیاز به پیشرفت دارد. این معضل محدود به زبانشناسی کاربردی نیست و اکنون ممکن است در رشته های کاربردی بصورت اندمیک باشد

An Introduction to Applied Linguistics

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 increasing emphasis of applied linguistics on ethicality is linked to the growth of

professionalism and to the concern for accountability, manifested in the widening emphasis on critical stances. This, Davies argues, is at its most acute in the tension between giving advice as the outcome of research and taking political action in order to change a situation which, it is claimed, needs ameliorisation. This dilemma is not confined to applied linguistics and may now be endemic in the applied disciplines

The book has been updated throughout and provides an excellent introduction to the problems and issues that arise in the practice of applied linguistics

: Key Features

Surveys current issues in applied linguistics, including the concept of the Native Speaker and the development of World Englishes √

Examines the influence of linguistics, cognitive science and philosophy on applied linguistics and makes a contrast with educational √linguistics

Proposes that a key issue for the profession will increasingly be the tension between advice and action √

Suggests that applied linguistics is a theorising rather than a theoretical discipline√

 : Feedback on the first edition

‘Alan Davies’ introductory text forcefully re-echoes the famous Edinburgh series in applied linguistics, which he contributed to in a major way

: Applied Linguistics

‘Every discipline coming of age needs to reflect on its origins, its history, its conflicts, in order to gain a better understanding of its identity and its long term objectives. Alan Davies, one of the founding fathers of applied linguistics, is the ideal person for this soul-searching exercise …Introduction to Applied Linguistics is obligatory reading for students and researchers in applied linguistics, for language professionals and for anyone interested in the link between linguistics and applied linguistics

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