The Relation of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. The Place of Applied Linguistics in the Science of Language

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Applied Linguistics as Linguistics Applied

      • Ranko Bugarski

      Pages 3-19

   3. The Interrelations between Theoretical and Applied Linguistics

      • Stig Eliasson

      Pages 21-49

   4. The Need for Integration of Applied and Theoretical Linguistics

      • Wolfgang Kühlwein

      Pages 51-74

   5. The Integrity of Applied Linguistics

      • Olga Mišeska Tomić

      Pages 75-95

3. From Application to Theory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97

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   2. Practice into Theory versus Theory into Practice

      • Roger W. Shuy

      Pages 99-113

   3. The Erosion of the Boundaries between Theoretical and Applied Linguistics

      • Dumitru Chiţoran

      Pages 115-138

   4. Linguistics and Mother Tongue Education

      • Gilles Gagné

      Pages 139-155

   5. How Language Planning Theory Can Assist First-Language Teaching

      • Alan Davies

      Pages 157-175

   6. Disputing: The Challenge of Adversative Discourse to the Cooperative Principle

      • Bruce Fraser

      Pages 177-188

4. Back Matter

   Pages 189-193

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The relationship of theoretical and applied linguistics has lately prompted numer­ ous debates. This volume originated at one of them. The essence of most of the chapters, of all of them except Fraser's and Davies's, was actually presented at the Round Table on "The Relationships of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics," organized during the 7th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, held in Brus­ sels, in August 1984. Individually and collectively the chapters assembled here offer support to the idea that applied linguistics should not be juxtaposed to theoretical linguistics; it is a field of research with theoretical as well as applied aspects. Written by different authors from a wide variety of different countries, the chapters may at times express views that are not totally consistent. Nevertheless, we believe that the variability of viewpoints counts among the merits (rather than the defaults) of this internationally written and edited volume. It is our hope that it will prove stimulating to linguists and practitioners in related fields and instructive to students. We wish to express our thanks to Albert Valdman for the interest he has shown in the volume and to record our appreciation to our editors, in particular Eliot Werner and Declan Scully, for their tolerance and patience.

• discourse
• linguistics
• linguists
• psycholinguistics
• sociolinguistics
• literary diction

• Department of English, University of Skopje, Skopje, Yugoslavia

  Olga Mišeska Tomić

• Linguistics Department, Georgetown University, USA

  Roger W. Shuy

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