Research Methods for Complexity Theory in Applied Linguistics

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Hiver ◽  
Ali H. Al-Hoorie
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Applied Linguistics

Transdisciplinary research methods and complexity theory in applied linguistics: introduction to the special issue

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Hiver ◽  
Ali H. Al-Hoorie
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Complex Systems ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Dynamic Systems ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Dynamic Systems Theory ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Oxford University

Abstract Complexity theory/dynamic systems theory (CDST) has captured the imagination of many in the field of applied linguistics (Larsen-Freeman, Diane & Lynne Cameron. 2008. Complex systems and applied linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press; Ortega, Lourdes & Zhao Hong Han (eds.). 2017. Complexity theory and language development: In celebration of Diane Larsen-Freeman. Amsterdam: John Benjamins). As recent syntheses of the growing number of CDST-informed strands of applied linguistics research illustrates, it has emerged as an important influence on applied linguists’ thinking (see Larsen-Freeman, Diane. 2017. Complexity theory: The lessons continue. In Lourdes Ortega & Zhao Hong Han (eds.), Complexity theory and language development: In celebration of Diane Larsen-Freeman, 11–50. Amsterdam: John Benjamins). The fact that CDST has continued to permeate questions throughout the field is to be expected and welcomed.

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