Chapter published in:
Cross-theoretical Explorations of Interlocutors and their Individual DifferencesEdited by Laura Gurzynski-Weiss
[Language Learning & Language Teaching 53] 2020
► pp. 79–98
Chapter 4I ~ You > I ~ Me
The hidden other in L2 development
An often-unquestioned
assumption regarding psychological and linguistic
development is that the interesting and relevant
processes occur inside the head of the individual.
It is a position that “fetishizes” the fact that
development necessarily entails social relations
as a component. Vygotsky, on the other hand,
proposes that uniquely human forms of mental
behavior, including language development, arise as
a result of social relations: “I relate to myself
as others relate to me” (1997). In other words, “I ~
You” interactions become, over time, “I ~ Me”
interactions in which the voices of others are
appropriated and transformed into my voice. This
paper fleshes out the theoretical argument
underlying the hidden or “fetishized” social other
and considers the implications of this stance for
second language development.
Keywords: interaction, L2 development, social other, social relations
Article outline
- Introduction
- Background
- Mediation
- Implications of interlocutors for L2
development
- Rebuilding I ~ Me: The case of Eva Hoffman
- Multilingualism and Deaf education
- Thinking for speaking in an L2: The case of motion events
- Developmental education: Compensation for missing ‘You’
- Conclusion and implications
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Published online: 21 January 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.53.04lan
https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.53.04lan
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