Applying Linguistics: Language And The Impact Agenda

Description: Applying Linguistics: Language and the Impact Agenda explores the challenges of demonstrating the socio-cultural and economic impact of research in linguistics. The chapters provide critical discussion of the concept of impact, as well as an examination of both the constraints and opportunities of the impact agenda. The book includes: case studies of impact-focused research from leading scholars, such as M. Lynne Murphy, David Britain, Peter French and Bas Aarts; discussion of impact from the perspective of the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF); insights and opinions from academics, practitioners and journalists; personal reflection on the nature of impact from the ESRC's Interim Chief Executive; practical advice on generating and evidencing impact. With chapters from international authors exploring impact both within and outside the context of the UK REF, Applying Linguistics: Language and the Impact Agenda will be essential reading for early-career researchers, established academics and PhD students interested in developing impact from their research.

Contents: Acknowledgements Notes on contributors List of figures List of tables Introduction Linguistics, language and the impact agenda Dan McIntyre and Hazel Price Part 1: Impact in theory Assessing the value of research in linguistics Dan McIntyre Reflections on impact Tony McEnery Navigating the peripheries of impact: public engagement and the problem of kneejerk linguistics Hazel Price Public engagement as linguistic impact M. Lynne Murphy Language and impact: perspectives from outside the academy Neil Robinson Part 2: Impact in practice Using impact to make impact? Experiences from a dialect crowdsourcing project David Britain, Adrian Leeman and Marie-Jose Kolly From corpus to clinic: health communication research and the impact agenda Gavin Brookes, Kevin Harvey and Louise Mullany The impact of linguistics on AVT research and practice Silvia Bruti and Serenella Zanotti Language in conflict: linguistics in mediation Lesley Jeffries, Jim O'Driscoll and Matthew Evans Evaluating the impact of language documentation and revitalization Shobhana Chelliah Assessing research impact in forensic speech science casework Dominic Watt and Peter French Using corpora for English language teaching and learning Bas Aarts and Ellen Smith Afterword Future challenges of the impact agenda Jane Setter References

Author Biography: 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.