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St.Clair, Robert N. 1979. Applied sociolinguistics. In St.Clair, Robert N., ed. Perspectives on applied sociolinguistics: From the language medium of education to the semiotic language of the media. Coronado Press. pp. 7–31.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

fields of application | rationalism | sociolinguistics

Annotation

Applied sociolinguistics is said to be the product of two forces of intellectual change: from positivism to reawakening of rationalism; and the emergence of new interdisciplinary approaches to language.