Applied Linguistics Books

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11. Spoken Corpus Linguistics

    From Monomodal to Multimodal

    By Svenja Adolphs, Ronald Carter

    Series: Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics

    In this book, Adolphs and Carter explore key approaches to work in spoken corpus linguistics. The book discusses some of the pioneering challenges faced in designing, building and utilising insights from the analysis of spoken corpora, arguing that, even though writing is heavily privileged in...

    Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
12. The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics

    Edited by James Simpson

    Series: Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics

    The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics serves as an introduction and reference point to key areas in the field of applied linguistics. The five sections of the volume encompass a wide range of topics from a variety of perspectives: applied linguistics in action language learning, language...

    Published February 17th 2013 by Routledge
13. Corpus Approaches to Evaluation

    Phraseology and Evaluative Language

    By Susan Hunston

    Series: Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics

    This book applies a set of corpus investigation techniques to the study of evaluation, or stance, or affect, in naturally-occurring discourse. Evaluative language indicates opinions, attitudes, and judgments. It is an important part of activities such as persuading someone that a particular...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
14. The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics

    Edited by Malcolm Coulthard, Alison Johnson

    Series: Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics

    The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics provides a unique work of reference to the leading ideas, debates, topics, approaches and methodologies in Forensic Linguistics. Forensic Linguistics is the study of language and the law, covering topics from legal language and courtroom discourse to...

    Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
15. Metaphor and Reconciliation

    The Discourse Dynamics of Empathy in Post-Conflict Conversations

    By Lynne Cameron

    Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics

    Sixteen years after her father was killed by an IRA bomb, Jo Berry had her first conversation with the man responsible. She had made a long journey, ‘walking the footsteps of the bombers’ as she put it, determined not to give in to anger and revenge but to try to understand his motivations and...

    Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
16. Working with Multimodality

    Rethinking Literacy in a Digital Age

    By Jennifer Rowsell

    In today’s digital world, we have multiple modes of meaning-making: sounds, images, hypertexts. Yet, within literacy education, even ‘new’ literacies, we know relatively little about how to work with and produce modally complex texts. In Working with Multimodality,...

    Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
17. Language and Intercultural Communication in the New Era

    Edited by Farzad Sharifian, Maryam Jamarani

    Series: Routledge Studies in Language and Intercultural Communication

    Studies of intercultural communication in applied linguistics initially focused on miscommunication, mainly between native and non-native speakers of English. The advent of the twenty-first century has witnessed, however, a revolution in the contexts and contents of intercultural...

    Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
18. Second Language Learning Theories

    3rd Edition

    By Rosamond Mitchell, Florence Myles, Emma Marsden

    Second Language Learning Theories is a clear and concise overview of the field of second language acquisition (SLA) theories. Written by a team of leading academics working in different SLA specialisms, this book provides expert analysis of the main theories from multiple perspectives to offer a...

    Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
19. The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies

    Edited by Carmen Millán, Francesca Bartrina

    Series: Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics

    The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art account of the complex field of translation studies. Written by leading specialists from around the world, this volume brings together authoritative original articles on pressing issues including: the...

    Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
20. Translation in the Digital Age

    By Michael Cronin

    Series: New Perspectives in Translation Studies

    Translation is living through a period of revolutionary upheaval. The effects of digital technology and the internet on translation are continuous, widespread and profound. From automatic online translation services to the rise of crowdsourced translation and the proliferation of translation Apps...

    Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge