Principle and Practice in Applied Linguistics: Studies in Honour of H. G. Widdowson (Oxford Applied Linguistics) by Guy Cook

Oxford Applied Linguistics

by Guy Cook

This book provides a wide-ranging overview of the many and diverse issues in applied linguistics today. Leading specialists consider the relation of their own areas of enquiry both to professional practice and to the discipline as a whole.

Genres: Linguistics

Paperback

First published September 7, 1995

About the author

Guy Cook is Professor of Language and Education at the Open University, UK. He was formerly Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Reading (1998-2004) and head of TESOL at the London University Institute of Education (1991-1998). He was co-editor of the journal Applied Linguistics 2004-2009. He is current Chair of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, and an academician of the UK Academy of the Social Sciences. He has published extensively on applied linguistics, discourse analysis, English language teaching, literary stylistics, advertising, and the language of environmental debate. He has been an invited speaker in over 30 countries.