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Peer reviewedBeretta, Alan; Crookes, Graham – Applied Linguistics, 1993
Addresses the applicability of philosophers' insights regarding science to second-language acquisition. The generation of new hypotheses is an important component of theory construction. The role of reason in discovery is examined, as is the coincidence of interests between individual scientists and the institution of science. (Contains 99…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Linguistic Theory, Philosophy, Sciences
