The Palgrave Handbook of Applied Linguistics Research Methodology ISBN: 9781137599001 Platform/Publisher: SpringerLink / Palgrave Macmillan UK Digital rights:Users: unlimited; Printing: unlimited; Download: unlimited Subjects: Social Sciences;
This Handbook provides a comprehensive treatment of basic and more advanced research methodologies in applied linguistics and offers a state-of-the-art review of methods particular to various domains within the field. Arranged thematically in 4 parts, across 41 chapters, it covers a range of research approaches, presents current perspectives, and addresses key issues in different research methods, such as designing and implementing research instruments and techniques, and analysing different types of applied linguistics data. Innovations, challenges and trends in applied linguistics research are examined throughout the Handbook. As such it offers an up-to-date and highly accessible entry point into both established and emerging approaches that will offer fresh possibilities and perspectives as well as thorough consideration of best practices. This wide-ranging volume will prove an invaluable resource to applied linguists at all levels, including scholars in related fields such as language learning and teaching, multilingualism, corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis, discourse analysis and pragmatics, language assessment, language policy and planning, multimodal communication, and translation.
Aek Phakiti is an associate professor in TESOL at The University of Sydney, Australia.
Peter De Costa is an assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics and Languages at Michigan State University, USA.
Luke Plonsky is an associate professor of Applied Linguistics at Northern Arizona University, USA.
Sue Starfield is a professor in the School of Education at The University of New South Wales, Australia.
