TY - BOOK AU - Cook,Guy TI - Applied linguistics SN - 0194375986 AV - P129 .C66 2003 U1 - 418 PY - 2003/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Applied linguistics N1 - Includes bibliographical references; TOC; Applied linguistics -- Prescribing and describing: popular and academic views of 'correctness' -- Languages in the contemporary world -- English language teaching (ELT) -- Language and communication -- Context and culture -- Persuasion and poetics: rhetoric and resistance -- Past, present, and future directions; English N2 - Summary: This work investigates real-world problems involving language. As such it has the difficult task of mediating between academic expertise and lived experience, attempting to reconcile opposed interests and perspectives. It provides a comprehensive overview of pressing issues in the field UR - http://www.worldcat.org/title/applied-linguistics/oclc/52944550&referer=brief_results UR - http://lib.ewubd.edu/ebook/6179 ER -