This book introduces key concepts in complexity theory and demonstrates the applicability and usefulness of these concepts to a range of areas in applied linguistics, including first and second language development, language teaching, and discourse analysis.
1. Complexity theory : what's it all about?
2. Complex systems
3. Change in complex systems
4. Complex systems in language and its evolution
5. Complex systems in first and second language development
6. Complex systems in discourse
8. Researching complex systems in applied linguistics Bibliography