Extended, Embodied Cognition and Second Language Acquisition

Dwight Atkinson ^[1]
1. [1] Purdue University
  
  Purdue University
  
  Township of Wabash, Estados Unidos
Localización: Applied linguistics, ISSN 0142-6001, Vol. 31, Nº 5, 2010, págs. 599-622
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- A cognitivist approach to cognition has traditionally dominated second language acquisition (SLA) studies. In this article, I examine two alternative approaches—extended cognition and embodied cognition—for how they might help us conceptualize SLA. More specifically, I present: (i) summaries of extended and embodied cognition, followed by reasons why the two can be treated as a single, synthetic perspective; (ii) an approach to SLA grounded in an extended, embodied view of cognition—i.e. a sociocognitive approach—in three principles; and (iii) a naturally occurring example of extended, embodied cognition-for-SLA.