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Editorial published In: Pedagogical Linguistics
Vol. 1:1 (2020) ► pp.1–7

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Editorial

Introduction to Pedagogical Linguistics

 | Universität Konstanz | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
 | Johannes Kepler Universität Linz


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Published online: 17 February 2020
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Abstract
Linguistics comes in many flavors. Applied, cognitive, descriptive, educational, formal, functional, generative, and many more can be compounded onto linguistics to characterize specific frameworks and approaches. In this brief editorial, we outline the rationale for the notion and the corresponding journal of Pedagogical Linguistics, defining how we see the term in comparison to closely related, and more familiar notions.
Article outline
  • 1. Why Pedagogical Linguistics?
  • 2.The contributions
  • References
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