韩礼德编著的《韩礼德应用语言学自选集(世界应用语言学名家自选集)》共有13篇论文，分为4个部分，分别是“学习母语”、“学习其他语言”、“教育中的语言”和“论英语语法”。第一部分（“学习母语”）有3篇文章，都围绕儿童语言发展（语言习得）的早期阶段的有关问题展开；第二部分“学习其他语言”有3篇文章，讨论学习母语以外的语言问题；第三部分“教育中的语言”有3篇文章，主要围绕着语言教育问题，讨论教育过程中语言角色的变化和语言本质的变化；第四部分“论英语语法”有3 篇文章，讨论所涉及的核心问题是理论语言学与应用语言学的融合。

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A Fragment of Autobiography

Linguistics and Language Teaching: A New Look at an Old Question

Section 1 Learning the Mother Tongue

 Three Aspects of Children's Language Development: Learning Language, Learning Through Language, Learning About Language

 Meaning and the Construction of Reality in Early Childhood

 Towards a Language-Based Theory of Learning

Section 2 Learning Other Languages

 Is Learning a Second Language Like Learning a First Language All Over Again?

 Learning Asian Languages

 Teaching English at College Level in China

Section 3 Language in Education

 Linguistic Perspectives on Literacy: A Systemic-Functional Approach

 Grammar and the Construction of Educational Knowledge

 Differences Between Spoken and Written Language: Some Implications for Literacy Teaching

Section 4 On the Grammar of English

 The Teacher Taught the Student English": An Essay in Applied Linguistics

 On the Grammar of Scientific English

 On the Grammar of Pain

List of Publications