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In:Complexity Theory and Language Development: In celebration of Diane Larsen-Freeman
Edited by Lourdes Ortega and ZhaoHong Han
[Language Learning & Language Teaching 48] 2017
► pp. 1–10

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Introduction

 | Georgetown University
 | Teachers College, Columbia University
Published online: 1 November 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.48.01ort
Article outline
  • Complexity Theory for SLA and applied linguistics: Larsen-Freeman’s précis
  • CT in a pluralistic light
  • Coda
  • References
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