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. 201-214 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0261-4448; 1475-3049
DOI	10.1017/S0261444811000061
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Angewandte Linguistik; Empirische Forschung; Methodik; Angewandte Linguistik; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Forschungsüberblick
Abstract	In this plenary address, the author suggests 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. 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, the author lists twelve principles undergirding this perspective and elaborate on three of them: those to do with dynamism, complexity, and the role of context. She then discusses several studies of L2 development that have been informed by the perspective. She concludes by suggesting that the ultimate promise of Complexity Theory is the help it provides in humanizing science. (Verlag, adapt.).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2012/4