Thoughts on the Launching of a New Journal: A Complex Dynamic Systems Perspective

  • Larsen-Freeman D
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Abstract

The launching of The Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning is a signal achievement. I begin this commentary by speculating on why it is that the Psychology of Language Learning (PLL) has enjoyed such vigor of late. I expect that one reason is the coming together of a critical mass of researchers and strong leaders over their shared interests. A second reason may be that a new way of looking at familiar phenomena was introduced in the form of complex dynamic systems theory (CDST). Building on this supposition, I proceed to recommend extending CDST thinking in some new ways in PLL. These ways are phenomenological, relational, processual, and transdisciplinary. I conclude by urging the PLL community to remain connected with other areas of applied linguistics so that it may continue to contribute to a knowledge-building community.

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Larsen-Freeman, D. (2019). Thoughts on the Launching of a New Journal: A Complex Dynamic Systems Perspective. Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 1(1), 67–82. https://doi.org/10.52598/jpll/1/1/5

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