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ERIC Number: EJ546085
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-6001
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Chaos/Complexity Science and Second Language Acquisition.
Larsen-Freeman, Diane
Applied Linguistics, v18 n2 p141-65 Jun 1997
Discusses the similarities between the science of chaos/complexity and second language acquisition (SLA). Notes that chaos/complexity scientists focus on how disorder yields to order and on how complexity arises in nature. Points out that the study of dynamic, complex nonlinear systems is meaningful in SLA as well. (78 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Creative Expression, Grammar, Individual Differences, Interlanguage, Language Processing, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Sociolinguistics, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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