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Introduction published In: Transdisciplinarity in Applied Linguistics:
Edited by Daniel Perrin and Claire Kramsch
[AILA Review 31] 2018
► pp. 1–13

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Introduction

Transdisciplinarity in applied linguistics

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 | UC Berkeley
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Published online: 12 March 2019
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Article outline
  • 1.What is transdisciplinarity?
    • 1.1Transcending the discipline as the sole principle for organizing and controlling academic knowledge
    • 1.2Transcending the academic discipline as the only source of legitimate knowledge
  • 2.For example: SLA
  • 3.Opening the debate
  • 4.Contributions and contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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