Knowledge, Evolution, and Paradox: The Ontology of Language
The challenge of this work is that of trying to understand the fundamental unity and diversity of everythingincluding ourselvesthat exists and continues to emerge within an evolutionary framework. That framework is not intrinsically or exclusively biological in nature. Biology, as I will argue throughout this book, is part of a more general ontological framework that, by definition of ontology, embraces every single discipline and that is explicitly interdisciplinary in nature.
Language and Literacies: Selected papers from the Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics held at the University of Manchest
The theme chosen for the 31st BAAL Annual Meeting, held in September 1998 at the University of Manchester, was Language and Literacies. This volume contains selected papers from the Meeting.
The two basic approaches to linguistics are the formalist and the functionalist approaches. In this engaging monograph, Frederick J. Newmeyer, a formalist, argues that both approaches are valid. However, because formal and functional linguists have avoided direct confrontation, they remain unaware of the compatability of their results. One of the author's goals is to make each side accessible to the other.
School Discourse: Learning to write across the years of schooling
This book tracks the developmental changes in writing across the schools curriculum, enhancing a key area of research in applied linguistics. Writing development has been a key area of research in applied linguistics for some time, but most work has focused on children's writing at particular ages. Christie and Derewianka draw on extensive research in both primary and secondary years to trace the developmental trajectory from age 5 or 6 through to 18.
The most widely-used textbook for the communication theory course, A First Look at Communication Theory analyzes the major communication theories at a level that is appropriate for both lower- and upper-level courses. The theories represented in the text reflect a mix of foundational and recent scholarship and strike a balance of scientific and interpretive approaches.
