| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 211 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Language learning & language teaching ; v. 29
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Language learning and language teaching ; v. 29.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index. |
| Contents |
Researching second language development from a dynamic systems theory perspective / Kees de Bot & Diane Larsen-Freeman -- Dynamic systems theory and a usage-based approach to Second language development / Marjolijn Verspoor & Heike Behrens -- Coding and extracting data / Monika Schmid, Marjolijn Verspoor & Brian MacWhinney -- Variability and DST /Marijn van Dijk, Marjolijn Verspoor & Wander Lowie -- Visualizing interaction between variables / Marjolijn Verspoor & Marijn van Dijk -- Modeling development and change / Wander Lowie, Tal Caspi, Paul van Geert & Henderien Steenbeek. |
| Summary |
Dynamic systems theory, a general theory of change and development, offers a new way to study first and second language development and requires a new set of tools for analysis of empirical data. After a brief introduction to the theory, this book, co-authored by several leading scholars in the field, concentrates on tools and techniques recently developed to analyze language data from a dynamic perspective. The chapters deal with the general thoughts and reasoning behind coding data, analyzing variability, discovering interacting variables and modeling. The accompanying How to sections give s. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Second language acquisition.
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Second language acquisition. |
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Verspoor, Marjolyn.
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De Bot, Kees.
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Lowie, Wander, 1959-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dynamic approach to second language development methods and techniques. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2011 9789027219985 (DLC) 2010044921 (OCoLC)671541681 |
| ISBN |
9789027287359 (electronic book) |
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902728735X (electronic book) |
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128300660X |
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9781283006606 |
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9789027219985 |
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9027219982 |
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9789027219992 |
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9027219990 |
| Standard No. |
9786613006608 |
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