LINGUIST List 23.811 Fri Feb 17 2012 Books: Applied Linguistics: Littlemore, Groom Editor for this issue: Danniella Hornby <daniellalinguistlist.org> Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.     Tara Thomas , Doing Applied Linguistics: Littlemore, Groom Message 1: Doing Applied Linguistics: Littlemore, Groom Date: 16-Feb-2012 From: Tara Thomas <tara.thomastaylorandfrancis.com> Subject: Doing Applied Linguistics: Littlemore, Groom E-mail this message to a friend Title: Doing Applied Linguistics Subtitle: A guide for students Published: 2011 Publisher: Routledge (Taylor and Francis)                 http://www.routledge.com/ Book URL: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415566421/ Author: Nicholas Groom Author: Jeannette Littlemore Hardback: ISBN: 9780415566414 Pages: 210 Price: U.S. $ 90.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9780415566414 Pages: 210 Price: U.K. £ 55.00 Paperback: ISBN: 9780415566421 Pages: 210 Price: U.K. £ 15.99 Paperback: ISBN: 9780415566421 Pages: 210 Price: U.S. $ 28.95 Abstract: "Doing Applied Linguistics" provides a concise, lively and accessible introduction to the field of applied linguistics for readers who have little or no prior knowledge of the subject. The book explores the basics of the field then goes on to examine in more depth what applied linguists actually do, and the types of research methods that are most frequently used in the field. By reading this book students will find the answers to four sets of basic questions: -What is applied linguistics, and what do applied linguists do? -Why do it? What is the point of applied linguistics? -How and why might I get involved in applied linguistics? -How to do it? What kinds of activities are involved in doing applied linguistic research? Written by teachers and researchers in applied linguistics "Doing Applied Linguistics" is essential reading for all students with interests in this area. Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics Written In: English (eng) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=59383 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue -------------------------- Major Supporters -------------------------- Brill http://www.brill.nl Cambridge Scholars Publishing http://www.c-s-p.org Cambridge University Press http://us.cambridge.org Cascadilla Press http://www.cascadilla.com/ Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd http://www.continuumbooks.com De Gruyter Mouton http://www.degruyter.com/mouton Edinburgh University Press http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/ Elsevier Ltd http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics Emerald Group Publishing Limited http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ Equinox Publishing Ltd http://www.equinoxpub.com/ European Language Resources Association - ELRA http://www.elra.info. Georgetown University Press http://www.press.georgetown.edu Hodder Education http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ Lincom GmbH http://www.lincom.eu MIT Press http://mitpress.mit.edu/ Morgan & Claypool Publishers Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/ Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG http://www.narr.de/ Oxford University Press http://www.oup.com/us Palgrave Macmillan http://www.palgrave.com Pearson Linguistics http://www.pearsoned.co.uk/linguistics Peter Lang AG http://www.peterlang.com Rodopi http://www.rodopi.nl/ Routledge (Taylor and Francis) http://www.routledge.com/ Springer http://www.springer.com University of Toronto Press http://www.utpjournals.com/ Wiley-Blackwell http://www.wiley.com ---------------------- Other Supporting Publishers ---------------------- Association of Editors of the Journal of Portuguese Linguistics http://www.fl.ul.pt/revistas/JPL/JPLweb.htm Graduate Linguistic Students' Association, Umass http://glsa.hypermart.net/ International Pragmatics Assoc. http://www.ipra.be Linguistic Association of Finland http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/ Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT http://www.lotpublications.nl/ Pacific Linguistics http://pacling.anu.edu.au/ SIL International http://www.ethnologue.com/bookstore.asp University of Nebraska Press Utrecht institute of Linguistics http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/ Page Updated: 17-Feb-2012       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.