Introduction: Second Language Development as a Dynamic Process

• Autores: Kees de Bot
• Localización: Modern language journal, ISSN 0026-7902, Vol. 92, Nº 2, 2008, págs. 166-178
• Idioma: inglés
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  • 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.