Complex Systems and Applied Linguistics

2016-02-29


Complex Systems and Applied Linguistics

Diane Larsen-Freeman & Lynne Cameron 2008


Publisher: Oxford University Press

Price: 1000 Toman

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This book introduces key concepts in complexity theory and demonstrates the applicability and usefulness of these concepts to a range of areas in applied linguistics, including first and second language development, language teaching, and discourse analysis.

Review

‘For those interested in systematic and novel ways to view and understand language, Complex Systems and Applied Linguistics is a stimulating read.’
— Benjamin J. White, Michigan State University
‘This book contains something for every researcher in applied linguistics and classroom language practice alike.’ Journal of the IATEFL SIG ‘…valuable and indeed stimulating reading for graduate students and researchers alike.’
— ScienceDirect ‘
…this book succeeds in putting forward the complexity theory as a potentially interesting avenue of research in Applied Linguistics in an engaging and readable way which grants the lay-person an insight into this fascinating branch of science.’

—Mark Bain, TEFL.net


About the Author

Diane Larsen-Freeman is a professor of education, a professor of linguistics, and a research scientist at the English Language Institute at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a distinguished senior faculty fellow at the Graduate SIT Institute in Brattleboro, Vermont. She received her PhD in linguistics from the University of Michigan.

Lynne Cameron is a professor of applied linguistics at the Centre for Language and Communications, Open University. She received her MA from the University of York and her PhD from the University of London.


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