Introduction: Second Language Development as a Dynamic Process

Autor/in	De Bot, Kees
Titel	Introduction: Second Language Development as a Dynamic Process
Quelle	In: Modern Language Journal, 92 (2008) 2, S.166-178 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0026-7902
DOI	10.1111/j.1540-4781.2008.00712.x
Schlagwörter	Applied Linguistics; Systems Approach; Second Language Learning; Language Skill Attrition; Linguistic Theory; Language Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; Systemischer Ansatz; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachverfall; Linguistische Theorie; Sprachforschung
Abstract	In this contribution, some of the basic characteristics of complex adaptive systems, collectively labeled Dynamic Systems Theory (DST), are discussed. Such systems are self-organizing, dependent on initial conditions, sometimes chaotic, and they show emergent properties. The focus in DST is on development over time. Language is seen as a dynamic system, and language development, both acquisition and attrition, as a dynamic process. A number of examples of possible applications of DST in the field of applied linguistics are mentioned. After a short presentation of each of the individual articles, some possible lines of research are discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10