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Chaos/Complexity Science and Second Language Acquisition.
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Larsen-Freeman, Diane – Applied Linguistics, 1997
Discusses the similarities between the science of chaos/complexity and second language acquisition (SLA). Notes that chaos/complexity scientists focus on how disorder yields to order and on how complexity arises in nature. Points out that the study of dynamic, complex nonlinear systems is meaningful in SLA as well. (78 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Creative Expression, Grammar, Individual Differences