Complex Systems and Applied Linguistics

ISBN-13: 9780194422444 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 287 str.

Diane Larson-Freeman; Diane Larsen-Freeman

Opis

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.

Recenzje

'...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.'