Rationality and its Discontents in SLA

Rationality and its Discontents in SLA

In 1993, Applied Linguistics published a special issue on theory construction in SLA, which included papers by Beretta and Crookes, Gregg, and Long. These papers, and the standard rationalist understanding of scientific research exemplified in them, have become the object of some strangely misguided...

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Published in:Applied linguistics Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 538 - 558
Main Authors: GREGG, KEVIN R, LONG, MICHAEL H, JORDAN, GEOFFREY, BERTTA, ALAN
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01-12-1997
Subjects:
Cultural Pluralism
Culture Conflict
Epistemology and methodology
Linguistic Theory
Linguistics
Literary Criticism
Political Issues
Psycholinguistics
Scientific Research
Second Language Learning
Critical study
Applied linguistics
Methodology
Theory
Epistemology/Epistemology ;Philosophy of Science/Epistemology;Philosophy of Science
Second language acquisition
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Summary:In 1993, Applied Linguistics published a special issue on theory construction in SLA, which included papers by Beretta and Crookes, Gregg, and Long. These papers, and the standard rationalist understanding of scientific research exemplified in them, have become the object of some strangely misguided and noncomprehending critiques, the latest of them being by Block (1996). In this paper we reply to Block's criticisms and show in detail how he has misunderstood the issues. I take science philosophically seriously, good science is as close as we ever get to the literal truth about how things are (Fodor 1996 20).
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For original articles, see EJ 470 850 (Long), EJ 470 851 (Beretta and Crookes), and EJ 470 852 (Gregg); v14 n3 p225-94 Sep 1993.
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ISSN:0142-6001
1477-450X
DOI:10.1093/applin/18.4.538