RETHINKING APPLIED LINGUISTICS. From Applied Linguistics to Applied Discourse Studies

Human communication across social and cultural worlds is complex and more difficult. Human mind has progressed more than ever and has become more inquisitive. The significance or meaning we attribute to someone’s spoken or written words is often too complex, and, as a consequence, we hasten to find as many meanings as possible to an utterance, and while we are doing this, our own interpretation pays tribute to our own thinking, culture and identities. In this politically and socially complex world, much of what we do and say is closely related to our own identities, relationships and culture.