nam a22 c 4500 lllt.29/785008531 nljbp 250625061123.6 cr ||||||||||| 241222s2011 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2010044921 9789027287359 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp P118.2 418.0071 22 CFDM bicssc LAN009000 bisacsh A Dynamic Approach to Second Language Development Methods and techniques Edited by Marjolijn H. Verspoor, Kees de Bot and Wander Lowie Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011 ©2011 1 online resource (ix, 211 pp.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Language Learning & Language Teaching 1569-9471 29 Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction / Kees de Bot, Wander Lowie and Marjolijn H. Verspoor -- Researching Second Language Development from a Dynamic Systems Theory perspective / Kees de Bot and Diane Larsen-Freeman -- Dynamic Systems Theory and a usage-based approach to Second Language Development / Marjolijn H. Verspoor and Heike Behrens -- Coding and extracting data / Monika S. Schmid, Marjolijn H. Verspoor and Brian MacWhinney -- Variability and DST / Marijn van Dijk, Marjolijn H. Verspoor and Wander Lowie -- Visualizing interactions between variables / Marjolijn H. Verspoor and Marijn van Dijk -- Modeling development and change / Wander Lowie, Tal Caspi, Paul van Geert and Henderien Steenbeek -- Epilogue / Kees de Bot -- How to sections / Marjolijn H. Verspoor, Wander Lowie, Paul van Geert, Marijn van Dijk and Monika S. Schmid 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 step-by-step instructions to using macros to speed up the coding, creating a dedicated lexical profile, making min-max graphs, testing for significance in single case studies by running simulations, and modeling. Example files and data sets are available on the accompanying website (http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/lllt.29.website). Although the focus is on second language development, the tools are applicable to a wide range of phenomena in applied linguistics. Provided by publisher. Applied linguistics Language acquisition Language teaching Verspoor, Marjolijn H. editor Bot, Kees de editor Lowie, Wander editor Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011 9789027219985 Paperback version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011 9789027219992 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.29 JB e-Platform https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027287359