Complexity, emergence, and causality in applied linguistics / Jérémie Bouchard.
2021
P129 .B68 2021
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Title
Complexity, emergence, and causality in applied linguistics / Jérémie Bouchard.
Author
Bouchard, Jeremie, author.
ISBN
9783030880323 (electronic bk.)
303088032X (electronic bk.)
9783030880316
3030880311
303088032X (electronic bk.)
9783030880316
3030880311
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
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1 online resource
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10.1007/978-3-030-88032-3 doi
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P129 .B68 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
418
Summary
This book suggests that applied linguistics research is inherently concerned with complexity, emergence and causality, and because of this it also requires a robust social ontology. The book identifies and unpacks a range of conceptual issues in applied linguistics from a social realist perspective, and provides a critique of successionism and interpretivism as two dominant and enduring empiricist tendencies in the field. From this critique, it considers the emergence of complex dynamic system theory as viable yet not entirely unproblematic conceptual sophistication of current applied linguistics research. Although the growing popularity of complex dynamic system theory is undeniable and understandable, this book argues that its integration within a social realist ontology is necessary for further developments in the field. The book will be of interest to applied linguists and social scientists interested in language-related issues including language learning and teaching, language change, language policy and planning, bilingualism/multilingualism, and language and identity. Jeremie Bouchard is a language teacher and sociolinguist with a penchant for social theory. His current interest centers on claims about language and its real-world uses made within applied linguistics research.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Need for a Renewed Applied Linguistics
Chapter 3: The structure agency debate and its relevance to applied linguistics
Chapter 4: Social Realism and Social Cultural Morphogenesis
Chapter 5: Complex Systems and Social Cultural Morphogenesis
Chapter 6: Social Realism and Applied Linguistics
Chapter 7: Complex Dynamic System Theory and Applied Linguistics
Chapter 8: Bridging Complexity and Social Realist Theories in Applied Linguistics
Chapter 9: Conclusion.
Chapter 2: The Need for a Renewed Applied Linguistics
Chapter 3: The structure agency debate and its relevance to applied linguistics
Chapter 4: Social Realism and Social Cultural Morphogenesis
Chapter 5: Complex Systems and Social Cultural Morphogenesis
Chapter 6: Social Realism and Applied Linguistics
Chapter 7: Complex Dynamic System Theory and Applied Linguistics
Chapter 8: Bridging Complexity and Social Realist Theories in Applied Linguistics
Chapter 9: Conclusion.