1 The social and the individual in Applied Linguistics research
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1. | Title | Title of document | 1 The social and the individual in Applied Linguistics research - The Applied Linguistic Individual |
2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Phil Benson; Hong Kong Institute of Education; |
2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Lucy Cooker; University of Nottingham; United Kingdom |
3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Linguistics |
4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | linguistics; applied linguistics; language learning; sociolinguistics |
5. | Subject | Subject classification | P1-1091; Philology. Linguistics; P101-410; Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar |
6. | Description | Abstract | Although Applied Linguistics research now emphasizes the social over the individual, qualitative research approaches often foreground the individual. Identity, agency and autonomy have also emerged as important, but contested, constructs in sociocultural approaches to research This book addresses the current status of the ‘Applied Linguistic individual’ through contributions, from Asia, Australasia, Europe, and North and South America, that discuss the role of the individual in research from perspectives including Sociocultural Theory, Situated Learning, Imagined Communities, Complexity Theory, and Autonomy Theory. The first part of the book examines theoretical tensions between the social and the individual in their approaches, while the second part explores how they are resolved in data-based research. This chapter sets out to explore some of the theoretical and empirical challenges of working within ‘the dialectic between the individual and the social; between the human agency of these learners and the social practices of their communities’. |
7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Apr-2013 |
10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
11. | Type | Type | |
12. | Format | File format | |
13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/20854 |
14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.20854 |
15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; The Applied Linguistic Individual |
16. | Language | English=en | en |
18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) | global |
19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |