Applying Linguistics

Dan McIntyre is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Huddersfield, UK.Hazel Price is Research Officer in the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages at the University of Huddersfield, UK.

• List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Linguistics, language and the impact agenda; Part 1: Impact in theory; Chapter 2: Assessing the value of research in linguistics; Chapter 3: Reflections on impact; Chapter 4: Navigating the peripheries of impact: public engagement and the problem of kneejerk linguistics; Chapter 5: Public engagement as linguistic impact; Chapter 6: Language and impact: perspectives from outside the academy; Part 2: Impact in practice; Chapter 7: Using impact to make impact? Experiences from a dialect crowdsourcing project; Chapter 8: From corpus to clinic: health communication research and the impact agenda; Chapter 9: The impact of linguistics on AVT research and practice; Chapter 10: Language in conflict: linguistics in mediation; Chapter 11: Evaluating the impact of language documentation and revitalisation; Chapter 12: Assessing research impact in forensic speech science casework; Chapter 13: Using corpora for English language teaching and learning; Afterword; Chapter 14: Future challenges of the impact agenda; References; Index