Profiling Learner Language as a Dynamic System

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Unlike most other collections, this book consists of a series of articles that draw on data from the same macro context. This gives a uniformity to the book that is rare in collections and very welcome. It makes a noteworthy contribution to the study of Complex Dynamic Systems and offers some important suggestions about how research in this area can move forward. I congratulate ZhaoHong Han on assembling such an interesting volume. * Rod Ellis, Curtin University, Australia * The time has come to deliver on the promise of Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) in language studies. By adopting multiple approaches to a common data set, this innovative set of studies expertly applies CDST, and in doing so, clearly and unapologetically demonstrates both its emerging strengths and limitations. * Peter D. MacIntyre, Cape Breton University, Canada * This edited volume is an innovative, challenging, and stimulating collection of papers that shed empirical light on Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) [...] it will provide an invaluable conception and metaphor that can assist in reinterpreting research findings, recognizing their limitations, and placing them in relation to other variables. -- Christine Nicole Giannikas, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus * BAAL News, Issue 116, Winter 2020 *