The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Discourse

by Brian Paltridge (Editor), Matthew T. Prior (Editor)

This state-of-the-art volume offers a comprehensive and accessible examination of perspectives within the field of discourse analysis on the processes and conditions of second language learning, teaching, and use. Led by Brian Paltridge and Matthew T. Prior, this collection brings together leading global researchers in the field to guide readers through background theories, theoretical paradigms, methodological issues, and pedagogical implications by synthesizing current and past work, and setting a future agenda for discourse-oriented second language research. The book is a critical resource which will be indispensable for scholars and advanced students of applied linguistics, second language acquisition, education, and related fields.

398 pages, Hardcover

Published February 23, 2024

About the author

Brian Paltridge is Professor of TESOL at the University of Sydney. His most recent books are Ethnographic Perspectives on Academic Writing (with Sue Starfield and Christine Tardy, Oxford University Press, 2016), Getting Published in Academic Journals (with Sue Starfield, University of Michigan Press, 2016), and The Discourse of Peer Review (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017). He is a former editor of TESOL Quarterly, and an editor emeritus for the journal English for Specific Purposes.