Complex Systems and Applied Linguistics Oxford Applied Linguistics Series

Introduces key concepts in complex systems theory to readers concerned with language, its acquisition, and its use.br/br/Complex Systems and Applied Linguistics demonstrates the applicability and usefulness of these concepts to a range of areas in applied linguistics including second language development, language teaching, and discourse analysis. It concludes with a chapter that inventories suitable approaches to research investigations.

Accessible introduction to rapidly growing field of interest across disciplines.