Complex, Dynamic Systems: A New Transdisciplinary Theme for Applied Linguistics?

Autor/in	Larsen-Freeman, Diane
Titel	Complex, Dynamic Systems: A New Transdisciplinary Theme for Applied Linguistics?
Quelle	In: Language Teaching, 45 (2012) 2, S.202-214 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0261-4448
DOI	10.1017/S0261444811000061
Schlagwörter	Applied Linguistics; Systems Approach; Interdisciplinary Approach; Second Language Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; Systemischer Ansatz; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Zweitsprachenerwerb
Abstract	In this plenary address, I suggest that Complexity Theory has the potential to contribute a transdisciplinary theme to applied linguistics. Transdisciplinary themes supersede disciplines and spur new kinds of creative activity (Halliday 2001 [1990]). Investigating complex systems requires researchers to pay attention to system dynamics. Since applied linguists study language systems that change (for example, as they develop in learners), this is a useful perspective to bring to bear on many of our concerns. To introduce Complexity Theory, I list twelve principles undergirding this perspective and elaborate on three of them: those to do with dynamism, complexity, and the role of context. I then discuss several studies of L2 development that have been informed by the perspective. I conclude by suggesting that the ultimate promise of Complexity Theory is the help it provides in humanizing science. (Contains 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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